RPC VI, 6649 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6649 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ Α = 1
Dating 218
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ(ΠΟ) ΚΑΙϹΑ(ΡΙ), ΕΤ Α (?), (below, Δ)
Edition μητροπό(λεως) Καισαρί(ας) ἔτ(ους) αʹ
Translation of the metropolis Caesarea, year 1
Reverse design agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on inscribed altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.25 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference S 511; Ganschow 677a
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
Note Confirmation required. On none of the specimens is there an absolutely unequivocal A, although it does seem to be present on them. The significance of the Δ in the exergue of https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/242292 is not clear; some coins of year 4 have ƐΤ on the altar and Δ in the exergue (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/50059).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 287
2 2     B: 18224105, 1873 Fox
3 3     NY: 1944.100.62598
4 4     NY: 1944.100.62597
5 5     ✸ Washington: 74.108.22
7 7     Savoca Blue 87, 17 Oct. 2020, lot 1141
8 8     Rex Numismatics Rex Budget 3, 10 Nov. 2023, lot 282