Roman Provincial, Cappadocia, Septimius Severus, Drachm - very rare

A very rare variation with the letters ETE in exerque.

Roman Provincial, Cappadocia

Septimius Severus (193-211), Drachm year 5 (197-198), Caesarea mint

Obverse: laureate head right

AV L CEP CEOVHPOC

Reverse: mount Argaeus surmounted by six-pointed star, ETE in exerque

MHTPOPO KAICAPI

Weight 3.07 g

The city of Caesarea was originally called Mazaca and was known already in the time of the Hittites. It lay at the foot of Mount Argaios (Argaeus) and was the capital of the kingdom of Cappadocia. At the end of the 1st century BC, in honor of the Emperor Augustus, it changed its name to Cesarea and it is known under this name to this day (Kayseri).