RPC VI, 6817


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6817 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VI
Number	6817 (temporary)
Province	Cappadocia
Region	Cappadocia
City	Caesarea
Reign	Severus Alexander
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue	ƐΤ Ϛ = 6
Dating	226/7
Obverse inscription	ΑΥ Κ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡ
Obverse design	laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟ(ΠΟ) ΚΑΙϹΑ(ΡΙ)(Α) ΕΤ Ϛ
Reverse design	Mount Argaeus; above, crescent and star
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	27 mm
Axis	12
Reference	SM 567b
Specimens	5 (2 in the core collections)
Note	Perhaps also SM 567c, ex Gülek Bogazi hoard 34 (wreath: no crescent and star mentioned). Also SM 575d, ex Gülek Bogazi hoard 37 (agalma on altar)?

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	P: 682			11.87			Show
2	2	Cop: 295	= SM 567b	26	12.00	12		Show
3	3 ✸		Henseler 1209	27	11.79	12		Show
4	4		Henseler 1210	28	14.55	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
5	5	Dresden: AAC3071		26	15.22	12		Show