RPC VI, 6690 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6690 (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 Α ΑΝΤωΝ
Obverse design radiate and nude bust of Elagabalus, right, with drapery on shoulder, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ ΚΑΙϹ, ΕΤ B
Reverse design Mount Argaeus surmounted by wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference S 519; Ganschow 694b-c
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
Note NY 1944.100.62589 is a small coin of this denomination (15mm, 4.94g) with an illegible obverse, and a reverse with Mt Argaeus in a temple. It is kept with coins of Elababalus, but could be of any emperor.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BNK,G.798 BMC 293
2 2     P: M4880
3 3     B: 18224132 Löbbecke