RPC VI, 6705


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6705 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	6705 (temporary)
Province	Cappadocia
Region	Cappadocia
City	Caesarea
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Julia Paula (Augusta)
Issue	ƐΤ Γ = 3
Dating	219/20
Obverse inscription	ΙΟΥ(ΛΙΑ) ΚΟΡΝΗ(ΛΙ) ΠΑΥΛΑ ϹΕ(Β)(ΑϹΤΗ)
Edition	Ἰουλία Κορνηλί(α) Παῦλα Σεβαστή
Translation	Julia Cornelia Paula Augusta
Obverse design	diademed and draped bust of Julia Paula, right, on crescent
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ(Α)(Ϲ), ΕΤ Γ
Edition	Μητροπό(λεως) Καισαρίας ἔτ(ους) γʹ
Translation	of the metropolis Caesarea, of year 3
Reverse design	agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on altar
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	27 mm
Average weight	12.16 g
Axis	12
Reference	SM 528a; Ganschow 727d
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			B: 18224157, 1914/710	Egger 1913 (Prowe), lot 2430	26	10.92	12	Obv.: GIC — (uncertain) ; [ΙΟΥ]ΛΙΑ ΚΟΡΝΗΛΙ ΠΑΥΛΑ ϹƐ. The date is not clear, but year 3 seems likely. The countermark seems to have been filled in, presumably in modern times.	Show
2	2				Numismatik Naumann 139, 7 Apr. 2024, lot 464	27	13.40		date not certain	Show