★ A very rare bilingual didrachm of Trajan from Caesarea ★

CAPPADOCIA. Caesaraea-Eusebia. Trajan, 98-117. Didrachm (Silver, 20 mm, 6.65 g, 7 h), Rome mint, for Caesarea, 112-114. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trajan to right, seen from behind. Rev. ΔHMAPX ЄΞ YΠATO ς Detailed rendering of Mount Argaios, with two animals springing right above sacred stone (?) set on smaller stones in front and cave-opening (?) atop. Henseler 128e. RPC III 3022. Very rare and of great interest. Very fine.

The use of a Latin obverse legend, the Rome mint style portrait and the very unusual rendering of the Mount Argaios on the reverse of this coin show it was either struck in Rome or by dies produced by the Rome mint.