RPC VI, 6661


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6661 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VI
Number	6661 (temporary)
Province	Cappadocia
Region	Cappadocia
City	Caesarea
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue	ƐΤ Β = 2
Dating	218/19
Obverse inscription	[ ΑΥΡ]ΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑ ΝΕΩΚΟ, ΕΤ B
Reverse design	agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on inscribed altar, and surmounted by star
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	28 mm
Axis	12
Reference	Ganschow —
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1			P: K 990		27	12.13		Kept with coins of Severus Alexander, but no coins are known for Alexander's year 2, so perhaps of Elagabalus, as the traces of inscription suggest	Show
2	2 ✸				Henseler 1038A, ex Biga 24, 2023, lot 429	29	15.57	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show