CAPPADOCIA Caesarea Septimius Severus 204AD Mount Argaeus Silver Drachm NGC D014

Description

Roman Provincial Coin of CAPPADOCIA Caesarea
Septimius Severus (AD 193-211). Silver AR Drachm (20mm, 11h).
Reference: Sydenham, Caesarea 396 var. (reverse legend). SNG von Aulock 6458  var. (legends).
Certified NGC XF 6323482-010. Dated Regnal Year 13 (AD 204/5).
Obverse: •AY K Λ CЄΠ•-•CЄOYHPOC, laureate head of Septimius Severus right
Reverse: MHTPO-KAICAPI, Mount Argaeus surmounted by a star; ЄT ΙΓ (date) in  exergue.
Mount Erciyes (Turkish: Erciyes Dağı), also known as Argaeus  or Argeas, is a volcano in Turkey. It is a large stratovolcano surrounded by  many monogenetic vents and lava domes, and one maar. The bulk of the volcano is  formed by lava flows of andesitic and dacitic composition. At some time in the  past, part of the summit collapsed towards the east. The volcano began to form  in the Miocene. At first, a volcano farther east named Koç Dağ formed from lava  flows. Then, again to the east, large explosive eruptions formed a caldera.  During the Pleistocene, Mount Erciyes proper grew inside the caldera together  with a group of lava domes. Lateral eruptions of Erciyes may have generated ash  layers in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean during the early Holocene.