RPC VI, 6714 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6714 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ Δ = 4
Dating 220/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙ(Ν)
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖν(ος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate and draped head of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ(ΑϹ), ΕΤ, Δ
Edition μητροπ(όλεως) Καισαρίας ἔτ(ους) δʹ
Translation of the metropolis of Caesarea, year 4
Reverse design agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on inscribed altar; surmounted by star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.93 g
Axis 10, 11, 12
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Note For the strange placing of the date formula, see also https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/50059 (cf. also a coin apparently of year 1: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/242292).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18224149 Löbbecke
2 2     Henseler 1080
3 3     V: GR 20153