RPC VI, 6653 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6653 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ Β = 2
Dating 218/19
Obverse inscription [ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ]ΛΙΟϹ ΑΝ[ΤωΝΙΝΟϹ] ϹΕΒΑϹΤ
Obverse design radiate and draped bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑ, ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ ΕT Β
Reverse design Apollo seated left on rocks, radiate and holding branch in his right hand and resting his left on a globe; to left and right, elaborate baetyl-shaped column; above, Mount Argaeus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Axis 6, 11
Reference S —; Ganschow 681
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note Perhaps the same rev. die as https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/242347?

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1975,0411.164
2 2     ✸ Henseler 1021 = Lindgren I, A1720A