RPC VI, 6651


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6651 json ttl rdf xml
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
Obverse design	laureate and draped bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑ, ΕΤ A (?)
Reverse design	inscribed altar, surmounted by four corn ears
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	21 mm
Axis	12
Reference	S 482; Ganschow 678
Specimens	4 (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').

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	NY: 1944.100.62481		20	8.78	12	read by SM 527b as ƐΤ Δ, but it seems more like Α. Or is it SM 526b?	Show
2	2	Milan: 11991						Show
3	3	Milan: 12007						Show
4	4		Henseler 1018	22	7.69	12		Show