RPC VI, 30824 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30824 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ Β = 2
Dating 218/19
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΑΝΤωΝ[ΕΙΝΟϹ?]
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ, ΕΤ Β
Reverse design agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on inscribed altar, surmounted by three figures
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.44 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Niğde: 16.2.88 S. Foça, ‘A Group of Roman Provincial Coins of Caesarea in Cappadocia from Niğde Museum’, Cedrus XI (2023), 266 no. 88
2 2     ✸ Private coll.