RPC VI, 6832 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6832 (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 ϹΕΟΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔ
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΕΤ Ϛ
Reverse design figure seated left, holding patera (?) and cornucopia (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Axis 5
Reference Ganschow 827
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note The identity of the figure is not clear. The patera seems certain (rather than a little Mt Argaeus), but the corncuopia could be a spear (?) and there might be a shield at the back of her throne. But probably Tyche.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B Löbbecke