RPC VI, 6690 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6690 (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 Α ΑΝΤωΝ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντων(ῖνος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design radiate and nude bust of Elagabalus, right, with drapery on shoulder, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ ΚΑΙϹ, ΕΤ Β
Edition Μητρ(οπόλεως) Καισ(αρίας) ἔτ(ους) βʹ
Translation of the metropolis of Caesarea, of year 2ʹ
Reverse design Mount Argaeus surmounted by wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 3.26 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference S 519; Ganschow 694b-c
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
Note NY 1944.100.62589 is a small coin of this denomination (15mm, 4.94g) with an illegible obverse, and a reverse with Mt Argaeus in a temple. It is kept with coins of Elababalus, but could be of any emperor.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BNK,G.798 BMC 293
2 2     P: M4880
3 3     B: 18224132 Löbbecke