RPC VI, 6674


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	VI
Number	6674 (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 ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹ
Edition	Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβασ(τὸς)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design	radiate and draped bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ, ΕΤ Β
Edition	Μητροπό(λεως) Καισαρίας ἔτ(ους) βʹ
Translation	of the metropolis of Caesarea, of year 2
Reverse design	Tyche, wearing polos, seated left, on throne, holding Mount Argaeus and cornucopia
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	27 mm
Average weight	10.69 g
Axis	12
Reference	S 520; SM 520a; Ganschow 690
Specimens	3 (1 in the core collections)
Note	BMC identified the rev. design as Providentia Deorum, because the figure was described as holding a globe (?); but Mt Argaeus is clear on vA 6501

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	L: 1895,0508.187	BMC 294	27	11.60	12		Show
2	2		vA 6501	27	9.87			Show
3	3		Smeets coll.	28	10.60		Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show