RPC VI, 6700 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6700 (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(ΟϹ) ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ (Ϲ..)
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σ(εβαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design radiate and draped bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ(Ι), ΕΤ Γ
Edition Μητροπ(όλεως) Καισαρί(ας) ἔτ(ους) γ
Translation of the Metropolis Caesarea, of year 3
Reverse design agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on inscribed altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.49 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference S 523; SM 521b
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.62594
2 2     ✸ NY: 1951.64.71
3 3     Brussels Cumont: RBN 69 (1913), p. 126, no. 49
4 4     Berk Buy or Bid Sale 218, 10 Feb. 2022, lot 314
5 5     Henseler 1069A, ex Numismad 11, 2023, lot 567