RPC VI, 6735 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
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 ΑΥΡ(Η) ϹΕΟΥ(Η) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡ(ΟϹ)
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ(Ο) ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ, ΕΤ Α
Reverse design agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on inscribed altar; above, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference S 537–8; SM 534a corr.; SM 539a corr.
Specimens 20 (9 in the core collections)
Note SM 534a and 539a incorrectly assigned this variety to Alexander's Caesarship under Elagabalus.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.596 S 537 = BMC 298
2 2     L: 1938,1007.88
3 3     P: 661
4 4     P: 662
5 5     B Löbbecke
6 6     C McClean 9229
7 7     G: 84 SNG 2270
8 8     Mu: 96
9 9     Mu: 96a 13.15
10 10     Adana D.H. Cox, A Tarsus Coin Collection in the Adana Museum (New York, 1941), p. 57, no. 229 (not illustrated)
11 11     Bern Righetti 1798
12 12     V-ON Leypold 2807
13 13     Milan: 6696
14 14     ✸ Peus Auctions 410–411, 31 Oct. 2013, lot 748
15 15     S 538
16 16     vA 6510
18 18     Henseler 1121
19 19     Henseler 1122
20 20     Henseler 1123
21 21     Bern: N/G2862