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).
