RPC VI, 6845 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6845 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ Ζ = 7
Dating 227/8
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ϹΕΟΥ(Η) ΑΛΕΞΑΝ(Δ)(Ρ)(Ο)(Ϲ)
Obverse design radiate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ ΕΤ Ζ
Reverse design inscription in lines
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference S 591–2; SM 591a; Ganschow 837d-i
Specimens 16 (7 in the core collections)
Note Ⲱ and Ω both occur

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1895,0508.203 S 592 = BMC 335
2 2     L: H.P.B.p.148.N.3 S 591 = BMC 334
3 3     P: 704
4 4     ✸ B B-I
5 5     B Löbbecke
6 6     Mu: 108
7 7     V: GR 34678
8 8     V-ON Leypold 2808
9 9     V-ON Leypold 2809
10 10     Washington: 75.73.297
11 11     vA 6521
12 12     Weber 7819 = SM 591a
13 13     CGT coll., ex eBay Savoca
15 15     Henseler 1270
16 16     Henseler 1271
17 17     CGT coll.