RPC VI, 6767 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6767 (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 ϹΕ(ΟΥ)(Η)(Ρ)(ΟϹ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝ(Δ)(ΡΟϹ)
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ(Ρ)(Ο)(Π) ΚΑΙϹ(Α)(ΡΙ) ΕΤ Γ
Reverse design basket with four corn-ears
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 12
Reference S 548; SM 548a-b; Ganschow 765a-k
Specimens 11 (6 in the core collections)
Note Not always ligatured.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1889,1106.132 S 548 = BMC 304
2 2     P: 670
3 3     B Löbbecke
4 4     B Löbbecke
5 5     B Löbbecke
6 6     G: 86 SNG 2272
7 7     Gülek Boğazi hoard 26 = SM 548b
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     Henseler 1157
10 10     Lydia Auction 9, 17 JUly 2021, lot 401
11 11     ✸ Aquila Numismatics 8, 14 Jan. 2023, lot 326