RPC VI, 6809 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6809 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ Ϛ = 6
Dating 226/7
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕΒΑ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβαστός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβα(στός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ ΕΤ Ϛ
Edition Μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας ἔτους ςʹ Μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας ἔτ(ους) ςʹ
Translation of the metropolis Caesarea, of year 6
Reverse design Emperor standing left in military dress sacrificing with a patera over a lighted altar and holding spear; behind Victory advancing left, crowning him with wreath; on left, small agalma of Mount Argaeus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 26.12 g
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow 799
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
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