RPC VI, 6733


Image of specimen #10

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6733 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	6733 (temporary)
Province	Cappadocia
Region	Cappadocia
City	Caesarea
Reign	Severus Alexander
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue	ƐΤ Α = 1
Dating	222
Obverse inscription	ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΟΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡ
Edition	Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεου(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρ(ος)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design	radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ, ΕΤ Α
Edition	μητροπ(όλεως) Καισαρί(ας) ἔτ(ους) αʹ
Translation	of the metropolis Caesarea, year 1
Reverse design	agalma of Mount Argaeus, surmounted by star, placed on inscribed altar
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	27 mm
Average weight	11.84 g
Axis	6, 7, 11, 12
Specimens	12 (6 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	B: 18224106	Rauch	24	13.71	11	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.) ; moved from Elabagalus year 1 (Ganschow 677b)	Show
1	1	P: 658			11.50		Obv.: GIC — (uncertain)	Show
2	2	Cop: 287		27	13.12	6		Show
2	2		CGT coll., ex eBay Savoca	28	12.24	6	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.) ; moved from Elagabalus year 1	Show
3	3	O		26	12.26	12	Obv.: GIC — (uncertain)	Show
4	4	V: GR 20174						Show
5	5	V: GR 20175					very worn: perhaps a bust, rather than a head?	Show
6	6		Henseler 1134	26	12.25	6		Show
7	7		CGT coll., ex eBay Tatter's Relics	26	10.45	12		Show
8	8		Henseler 1135	27	13.68	12		Show
9	9		CGT coll., ex eBay Lanz	26	11.03	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
10	10 ✸		T. Mullally Coll., ex Agora Auctions 105, 19 April 2022, lot 122	28.5	8.12	7		Show