RPC VI, 6651 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6651 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ Α = 1
Dating 218
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιο(ς) Ἀντωνεῖν(ος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑ, ΕΤ Α
Edition μητροπ(όλεως) Καισα(ρίας) ἔτ(ους) αʹ
Translation of the metropolis Caesarea, year 1
Reverse design inscribed altar, surmounted by four corn ears
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 8.27 g
Axis 12
Reference S 482; Ganschow 678
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note Probably year 1, though it might be a poorly engraved year 4 (see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/50291)? See also https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/50291 ('year 4').

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.62481
2 2     Milan: 11991
3 3     Milan: 12007
4 4     Henseler 1018
5 5     Niğde: 3.3.89 S. Foça, ‘A Group of Roman Provincial Coins of Caesarea in Cappadocia from Niğde Museum’, Cedrus XI (2023), 266 no. 87