Description: Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch. Augustus (27 BC - 14 AD). Laureate head right; c/m: thunderbolt (emblem of Legio XII Fulminata) / Large S C within laurel wreath.

Diameter: AE27 mm

Weight: 10,44 g

Grade: aF/Fair c/m: aVF

Attribution: RPC I 4247; SNG Cop. 14; Howgego 472 (c/m); see: L. el. Kanitz, "Nomen Est Omen," SAN, vol. 6, no. 2 (1972-73), pp 25-26, 34

Commentary: rare legionary c/m; olive-grey patina

History: After the First Jewish War Legio XII was sent East and an inscription of the XII was found near Gobustan (modern Azerbaijan) on the shores of the Caspian Sea - the easternmost Roman inscription ever found.

Article Number: 007-02-01-45489