RPC VI, 6716 (temporary)

 

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6716 (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 ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription [ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ Κ]ΑΙϹΑΡ, ΕΤ Δ
Edition μητροπό(λεως) Καισαρ(ίας) ἔτ(ους) δʹ
Translation of the metropolis of Caesarea, year 4
Reverse design altar, decorated with small Mount Argaeus, surmounted by four corn ears
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Reference SM 527a; Ganschow 710
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Confirmation required. SM 527b lists another similar example in NY = Marthaler, p. 93, no. 180 = S 482 ('Caracalla'), which is regarded here as probably being of year 1 (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/49827). See also https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/49827 (attributed to year1).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Burbules coll. = SM 527a