RPC VI, 6670


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6670 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VI
Number	6670 (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 ΑΥΡΗΛΙ(ΟϹ) ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ (ϹΕΒ)
Obverse design	laureate and draped bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟ(ΠΟ) ΚΑΙϹΑ(Ρ), ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟ, ΕΤ Β
Reverse design	agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on inscribed altar, surmounted by three figures
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	27 mm
Axis	6, 11, 12
Reference	SM 517b, 518b
Specimens	6 (4 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	B: 18224128	Löbbecke		8.99	11	AY K M ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤⲰNINOϹ ϹƐΒ	Show
2	2 ✸	NY: 1911.87.32		27	11.92	12		Show
3	3	NY: 1944.100.62590		27	10.09	6		Show
4	4	NY: 1953.171.1393		26	11.27	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.) ; ΝƐΩΚΟΡ not visible; perhaps not this variety?	Show
5	5		Roma Numismatics EA 119, 24 Apr. 2024, lot 1180 = Roma Numismatics EA 118, 8 Apr. 2024, lot 1105 = Roma Numismatics EA 103, 24 Nov. 2022, lot 801	27	10.43	11		Show
6	6		Roma Numismatics EA 119, 24 Apr. 2024, lot 1179 = Roma Numismatics EA 115, 21 Dec. 2023, lot 674 = Roma Numismatics EA 101, 13 Oct. 2022, lot 820	26	11.26	12		Show