RPC VI, 6735


Image of specimen #14

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6735 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	6735 (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(ΑΡ) ΑΥ(Ρ)(Η) ϹΕΟ(Υ)(Η) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡ(ΟϹ)
Edition	Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρή(λιος) Σεουῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation	Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design	laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟΠ(Ο) ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ, ΕΤ Α
Edition	μητροπό(λεως) Καισαρί(ας) ἔτ(ους) αʹ
Translation	of the metropolis Caesarea, year 1
Reverse design	agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on inscribed altar; above, star
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	27 mm
Average weight	11.30 g
Axis	6, 11, 12
Reference	S 537–8; SM 534a corr.; SM 539a corr.
Specimens	21 (9 in the core collections)
Note	SM 534a and 539a incorrectly assigned this variety to Alexander's Caesarship under Elagabalus.

#	Specimen	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L: 1844,0425.596	S 537 = BMC 298	26	12.52	11		Show
2	2	L: 1938,1007.88		26	12.52	12		Show
3	3	P: 661			11.91			Show
4	4	P: 662			10.81		Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
5	5	B	Löbbecke	28	12.22	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
6	6	C	McClean 9229	26	11.77	12		Show
7	7	G: 84	SNG 2270	26	11.00	6	incorrectly regarded by SM 539a as a coin of Alexander as Caesar under Elagabalus.	Show
8	8	Mu: 96			12.68		Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
9	9	Mu: 96a	13.15					Show
10	10	Adana	D.H. Cox, A Tarsus Coin Collection in the Adana Museum (New York, 1941), p. 57, no. 229 (not illustrated)					Show
11	11	Bern	Righetti 1798	28	12.46	11		Show
12	12	V-ON	Leypold 2807	27	9.85	12		Show
13	13	Milan: 6696						Show
14	14 ✸		Peus Auctions 410–411, 31 Oct. 2013, lot 748	26	6.00			Show
15	15		S 538	28			Sydenham Coll.	Show
16	16		vA 6510		12.20			Show
18	18		Henseler 1121					Show
19	19		Henseler 1122					Show
20	20		Henseler 1123					Show
21	21	Bern: N/G2862		26	10.71		Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
22	22		CNG EA 585, 16 Apr. 2025, lot 426	25.4	11.59	12	ΑΥ Κ Μ(ΑΡ) ΑΥ ϹƐΟ ΑΛƐΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ	Show