RPC VI, 6797 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος 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 Μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας ἔτους εʹ 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)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 1166/1031 ex Cahn 71, lot 978
2 2     V-ON Leypold 2799
3 3     ✸ Henseler 1200A, ex Biga 2, 2021, lot 310