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
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ ΕΤ Ϛ
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
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow 799
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Henseler 1205