first, greatest, most beautiful of the 3 (eparchies) of Pontus, Cappadocia, Armenia, the metropolis Caesarea, twice neocorate, year 5
Reverse design
inscription in lines
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
22 mm
Average weight
8.52 g
Axis
5, 6, 12
Reference
Ganschow 796
Specimens
6 (3 in the core collections)
Note
The first mention of the second neocorate in the reign: see introduction, and Burrell, Neokoroi, p. 249 type 7. For the formula, see M. Vitale, Eparchie und Koinon in Kleinasien von der ausgehenden Republik bis ins 3. Jh. N. Chr. (Bonn, 2012), pp. 257-9. See also the remarks of T. Ganschow in the Henseler catalogue, vol. 2, pp. 282-3.
the ticket under the coin suggests that Imhoof read the date as ƐΤ Θ. It must be the coin published by him in RSN VIII (1898), p. 20, no. 68 (as a coin of year 9). Illustrated by Burrell, fig. 196
cited by Burell, Neokoroi, p. 249, who attributed it to year 6, but it is from the same dies, and what looks like a 6 is a 5 with a die-flaw. Thanks to Andrzej Romanowski for his help.
