RPC VI, 6748


Image of specimen #9

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6748 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VI
Number	6748 (temporary)
Province	Cappadocia
Region	Cappadocia
City	Caesarea
Reign	Severus Alexander
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue	ƐΤ Γ = 3
Dating	223/4
Obverse inscription	ΑΥ Κ ϹΕΟΥΗ(ΡΟ)(Ϲ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔ(Ρ)(Ο)
Obverse design	laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟΠ (or ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ) ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ(ΑϹ), ΕΤ Γ
Reverse design	agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on inscribed altar
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	26 mm
Axis	5, 11, 12
Reference	S 542
Specimens	9 (4 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L: 1895,0508.189	S 542 = BMC 301	26	12.45	11		Show
2	2	P: 666			11.21			Show
3	3	B	Löbbecke	27	12.57	5		Show
4	4	O		26	11.73	12	Obv.: GIC — (uncertain)	Show
5	5	Washington: 74.108.31			13.45	12		Show
6	6		Henseler 1144	25	11.69	12		Show
7	7		Henseler 1145	26	13.18	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
8	8		CGT coll., ex Savoca 1st Blue London Auction, 23 Mar. 2019, lot 899	27	14.20	12	ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ [ ]	Show
9	9 ✸		Henseler 1145A, ex Biga 24, 2023, lot 428	26	12.46	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show