RPC VI, 6697 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6697 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ Γ = 3
Dating 219/20
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστὸς Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλι(ος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σε(βαστὸς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate bust of Elagabalus, left, seen from rear, with spear and shield
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ(Ο) ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ(Α), ΕΤ Γ
Edition μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας ἔτους γʹ μητροπό(λεως) Καισαρία(ς) ἔτ(ους) γʹ
Translation of the metropolis Caesarea, of year 3
Reverse design agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on inscribed altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.17 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference S 521, Ganschow, p. 215
Specimens 14 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1923,0708.3
1 1     Henseler 1070
2 2     L: 1953,0306.1
2 2     NBS WA 7, 18 July 2021, lot 584 (Caracalla)
3 3     Cop: 280
3 3     Henseler 1069B = NBS Auctions EA 19, 23 July 2023, lot 210 (Caracalla)
4 4     V-ON Leypold 2796
4 4     Biga Numismatics EA 27, 3 Feb. 2024, lot 425 (Caracalla)
5 5     asiaminorcoins.com, ex Triton XII, 2010, lot 1394
5 5     A.S. coll., ex Demeter Coins 44, 11 May 2025, lot 187
6 6     Zeus Auction 3, 11 Jan. 2020, lot 459
7 7     P: 581 with Caracalla
8 8     ✸ Niğde: T 5.20.85 S. Foça, ‘A Group of Roman Provincial Coins of Caesarea in Cappadocia from Niğde Museum’, Cedrus XI (2023), 268 no. 100
9 9     A.S. coll., ex Demeter Coins 44, 11 May 2025, lot 176