RPC VI, 6715 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6715 (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 [ ]
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος --- Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος [---]
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius [---]
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ, ΕΤ, Δ
Edition μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας ἔτους δʹ 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 11.42 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note For the strange placing of the date formula, see also https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/50406 (cf. also a coin apparently of year 1: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/).
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18224148 I-B
2 2     Biga Numismatics EA 20, 10–11 June 2023, lot 610