RPC VI, 6670


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6670 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	6670 (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 ΑΥΡΗΛΙ(ΟϹ) ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ (ϹΕΒ)
Edition	Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design	laureate and draped bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟ(ΠΟ) ΚΑΙϹΑ(Ρ), ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟ, ΕΤ Β
Edition	Μητροπό(λεως) Καισαρ(ίας) νεωκόρο(υ) ἔτ(ους) βʹ
Translation	of the metropolis of Caesarea, neocorate, of year 2
Reverse design	agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on inscribed basis, surmounted by three figures
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	27 mm
Average weight	10.66 g
Axis	6, 11, 12
Reference	SM 517b, 518b
Specimens	6 (4 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	B: 18224128	Löbbecke		8.99	11	AY K M ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤⲰNINOϹ ϹƐΒ	Show
2	2 ✸	NY: 1911.87.32		27	11.92	12		Show
3	3	NY: 1944.100.62590		27	10.09	6		Show
4	4	NY: 1953.171.1393		26	11.27	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.) ; ΝƐΩΚΟΡ not visible; perhaps not this variety?	Show
5	5		Roma Numismatics EA 119, 24 Apr. 2024, lot 1180 = Roma Numismatics EA 118, 8 Apr. 2024, lot 1105 = Roma Numismatics EA 103, 24 Nov. 2022, lot 801	27	10.43	11		Show
6	6		Roma Numismatics EA 119, 24 Apr. 2024, lot 1179 = Roma Numismatics EA 115, 21 Dec. 2023, lot 674 = Roma Numismatics EA 101, 13 Oct. 2022, lot 820	26	11.26	12		Show