RPC VI, 6797


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6797 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	6797 (temporary)
Province	Cappadocia
Region	Cappadocia
City	Caesarea
Reign	Severus Alexander
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue	ƐΤ Ɛ = 5
Dating	225/6
Obverse inscription	ΑΥ Κ ϹΕΟΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝ(Δ)
Edition	Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεουῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδ(ρος)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander
Obverse design	laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹ(Α), ΕΤ Ε
Edition	Μητροπό(λεως) Καισα(ρίας) ἔτ(ους) εʹ
Translation	of the metropolis Caesarea, of year 5
Reverse design	eagle, with wreath in beak, between two standards
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	26 mm
Average weight	12.26 g
Axis	12
Reference	Ganschow 791
Specimens	3 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	B: 1166/1031	ex Cahn 71, lot 978	27	13.44	12		Show
2	2	V-ON	Leypold 2799	26	12.65	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
3	3 ✸		Henseler 1200A, ex Biga 2, 2021, lot 310	26	10.68	12		Show