RPC VI, 6697 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6697 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ Γ = 3
Dating 219/20
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ(ΛΙ)[ ]
Obverse design laureate bust of Elagabalus, left, seen from rear, with spear and shield
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑ, ΕΤ Γ
Reverse design agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on inscribed altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference S 521
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1923,0708.3
2 2     L: 1953,0306.1
3 3     Cop: 280
4 4     V-ON Leypold 2796
5 5     asiaminorcoins.com, ex Triton XII, 2010, lot 1394
6 6     Zeus Auction 3, 11 Jan. 2020, lot 459
7 7     P: 581 with Caracalla