RPC VI, 6674


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6674 json ttl rdf xml
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
Obverse design	radiate and draped bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟΠO ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ, ΕΤ Β
Reverse design	Tyche, wearing polos, seated left, on throne, holding Mount Argaeus and cornucopia
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	27 mm
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