RPC VI, 6715 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6715 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ Δ = 4
Dating 220/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ [ΑΝΤ...]
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ, ΕΤ, in exergue Δ
Reverse design agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on inscribed altar, surmounted by star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note For the strange placing of the date formula, see also https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/50406 (cf. also a coin apparently of year 1: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18224148 I-B
2 2     Biga Numismatics EA 20, 10–11 June 2023, lot 610