RPC VI, 6684 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6684 (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 ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙ
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right, with drapery on shoulder
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙA, ΕΤ Β
Reverse design altar, decorated with small Mount Argaeus, surmounted by four corn ears
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Ganschow 691a
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1947,0606.196
2 2     Henseler 1046 ex Hirsch 215, 2,001, lot 613
3 3     ✸ N&N London EA 39, 4 Nov. 2023, lot 383