RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 66408)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 66408)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Severus year 14
Dating AD 206
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ(Η) ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head (unbearded) of Caracalla, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ(Ο) ΚΑΙϹ(Α)(Ρ)(Ι)(Α) (ΝΕ[Ω]) ΕΤ ΙΔ
Edition μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας νεωκόρου ἔτους ιδʹ μητρο(πόλεως) Καισαρία(ς) νεω(κόρου) ἔτ(ους) ιδʹ
Translation of the metropolis of Caesarea, neocorate, year 14
Reverse design Mount Argaeus, surmounted by star; (in right field, crescent)
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 2.80 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference S 474, 474a-b; Ganschow 561–562
Specimens 17 (5 in the core collections)
Note The coins show Caracalla with no beard. Coins of year 14 which show his with a beard belong to the period after the death of Severus: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/66536.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     P: K 3160
— —     Cop SNG 270 = S 473a
— —     G SNG 2263 = S 474a
— —     Mu: 79
— —     V: GR 20165
— —     CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 586
— —     Hauck & Aufhäuser 21, 17 Mar. 2009, lot 384
— —     Henseler 909
— —     Henseler 910
— —     Henseler 911 = Rauch 92, 22 Apr. 2013, lot 1374
— —     Henseler 911A, ex Kölner Münzkabinett 121, 12–13 Apr. 2024, lot 323 = Emporium 4, 1985, lot 78
— —     Hirsch 204, 1999, lot 740
— —     ✸ Hirsch 293, 25 Sept. 2013, lot 2849
— —     Hirsch 352, 25 Sept. 2019, lot 3032
— —     Kölner Münzkabinett 108, 7 Apr. 2018, lot 139
— —     Sydenham coll. 187
— —     vA 6489 = S 474b