RPC VI, 6723 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6723 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ Ɛ = 5
Dating 221/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλι(ος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate bust of Elagabalus, left, seen from rear, with spear and shield; shield decorated with head (of Alexander the Great?)
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ, ΕΤ Ε
Edition Μητροπό(λεως) Καισαρί(ας) ἔτ(ους) εʹ
Translation of the metropolis Caesarea, of year 5
Reverse design agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on inscribed altar; on summit, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.25 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference SM 527d
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
Note See year 3 for the same obv. bust.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18224021 Löbbecke
2 2     Auktiones 17, 1988, lot 372
3 3     ✸ Henseler 1094
4 4     Henseler 1095
5 5     vA 6506
6 6     CGT coll. = Zeus 17, 5 Jun. 2021, lot 542
7 7     Bucephalus 6, 12 June 2022, lot 669
8 8     Leu WA 30, 13–16 July 2024, lot 1485