RPC VI, 6728


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6728 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	6728 (temporary)
Province	Cappadocia
Region	Cappadocia
City	Caesarea
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Issue	ƐΤ Ɛ = 5
Dating	221/2
Obverse inscription	ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ(ΡΗΛΙ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝ(Δ)
Edition	Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλι(ος) Ἀλέξανδ(ρος)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Alexander
Obverse design	bare-headed and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ(Ι)(Α), ΕΤ Ε
Edition	Μητροπ(όλεως) Καισαρία(ς) ἔτ(ους) εʹ
Translation	of the metropolis Caesarea, of year 5
Reverse design	agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on inscribed altar; on summit, star
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	26 mm
Average weight	10.66 g
Axis	12
Reference	Ganschow 733e-f
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)
Note	An unusual obv. inscription and bust seen from rear, perhaps dating after Alexander's elevation to Augustus. See introduction.

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			O		26	10.92	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
2	2				Knopek 17, 22 May 1981, lot 426		10.39		'Α Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΜΑΡ ΑΛƐΞΑΝΔ', but 'ΜΑΡ' is probably 'ΗΛΙ'. ΑΥ cannot be read clearly at the beginning of the inscription, but there seems definitely to be at least one letter before	Show