RPC VI, 6726


Image of specimen #7

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6726 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VI
Number	6726 (temporary)
Province	Cappadocia
Region	Cappadocia
City	Caesarea
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Issue	ƐΤ Ɛ = 5
Dating	221/2
Obverse inscription	Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design	bare-headed and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟ(Π)(Ο) ΚΑΙϹΑ(Ρ)(ΙΑ), ΕΤ Ε
Reverse design	agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on inscribed altar; on summit, star
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	27 mm
Axis	6, 12
Reference	SM 533a; Ganschow 733a-c
Specimens	19 (3 in the core collections)
Note	The Κ for Caesar would more naturally come at the end of the inscription but https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/ places it at the beginning. SM 560c, attributed to Alexander as Augustus, is probably another specimen.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	P: AA.GR.26302			10.92			Show
2	2	B	1165/1931, ex Cahn 71, lot 976		12.70	12		Show
3	3	Cop: 286		27	11.90	12		Show
4	4	V-ON	Leypold 2797	27	12.25	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
5	5	Washington: 81.81.48			11.00	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
7	7 ✸		CNG EA 191, 9 July 2008, lot 91	27	12.46	12	attributed to Alexander's own reign	Show
8	8 –10		Gülek Boğazi hoard, nos 20–22					Show
11	11		Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 1098		13.67			Show
12	12		Wildwinds	26	11.29		Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
13	13		CGT coll.	29	12.45	6		Show
14	14		Saint Paul Antiques 15, 27 Jan. 2018, lot 387	28	14.63	6	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
16	16		Henseler 1115	26	10.02	12	Obv.: GIC — (uncertain)	Show
17	17		CGT coll. = Saint Paul 15, 27 Jan. 2018, lot 387	27	14.61	6	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
18	18		Henseler 1114					Show
19	19		Henseler 1116					Show
20	20		Henseler 1117					Show
21	21		B. Effler Coll., ex Savoca Coins Blue 152nd Blue, 7 - 8 Jan. 2023, lot 1395	26	11.79	6		Show