RPC VI, 6649 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6649 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ Α = 1
Dating 218
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ(ΠΟ) ΚΑΙϹΑ(ΡΙ), ΕΤ Α (?), (below, Δ)
Reverse design agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on inscribed altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference S 511; Ganschow 677a
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Note Confirmation required. On none of the specimens is there an absolutely unequivocal A, although it does seem to be present on them. The significance of the Δ in the exergue of https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/242292 is not clear; some coins of year 4 have ƐΤ on the altar and Δ in the exergue (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/50059).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 287
2 2     B: 18224105 Fox
3 3     NY: 1944.100.62598
4 4     NY: 1944.100.62597
5 5     ✸ Washington: 74.108.22
6 6     Wildwinds ex Mabbott
7 7     Savoca Blue 87, 17 Oct. 2020, lot 1141
8 8     Rex Numismatics Rex Budget 3, 10 Nov. 2023, lot 282