RPC VI, 6665 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6665 (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 ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹ
Obverse design radiate and draped bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠO ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑ(Ϲ) ΝΕΩΚΟ, ΕΤ Β
Reverse design agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on inscribed altar; on summit, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 11
Reference S 517
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18224124 Löbbecke; cf. ZfN XII (1885), p. 351, no. 10
2 2     ✸ NBS WA 7, 18 July 2021, lot 578
3 3     S. Oberc coll., ex Numismad, auction 12, lot 689