RPC VI, 6723 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6723 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ Ɛ = 5
Dating 221/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Obverse design laureate bust of Elagabalus, left, seen from rear, with spear and shield; shield decorated with head (of Alexander the Great?)
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ, ΕΤ Ε
Reverse design agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on inscribed altar; on summit, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference SM 527d
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Note See year 3 for the same obv. bust.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18224021 Löbbecke
2 2     Auktiones 17, 1988, lot 372
3 3     ✸ Henseler 1094
4 4     Henseler 1095
5 5     vA 6506
6 6     CGT coll. = Zeus 17, 5 Jun. 2021, lot 542
7 7     Bucephalus 6, 12 June 2022, lot 669