RPC VI, 6653 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6653 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ Β = 2
Dating 218/19
Obverse inscription [ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ]ΛΙΟϹ ΑΝ[ΤωΝΙΝΟϹ] ϹΕΒΑϹΤ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστ(ός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design radiate and draped bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑ, ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ ΕΤ Β
Edition Μητροπόλ(εως) Καισαρία(ς) νεωκόρου ἔτ(ους) βʹ
Translation of the metropolis of Caesarea, neocorate, of year 2
Reverse design Apollo seated left on rocks, radiate and holding branch in his right hand and resting his left on a globe; to left and right, elaborate baetyl-shaped column; above, Mount Argaeus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 25.57 g
Axis 6, 11
Reference S —; Ganschow 681
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note Perhaps the same rev. die as https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/242347?
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1975,0411.164
2 2     ✸ Henseler 1021 = Lindgren I, A1720A