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