RPC VI, 6810 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6810 (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 ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡ
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠO ΚΑΙϹΑPIA ΕΤ Ϛ
Reverse design Apollo standing left, holding branch and bow, between two standards; above, agalma of Mount Argaeus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Ganschow 816
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 735/1914 ex Prowe (Egger 1914, lot 2431)
2 2     Mu: 95a
3 3     Henseler 1225
4 4     ✸ Naumann 45, 3 July 2016, lot 577
5 5     NSB Auction 1, 10 Oct. 2020, lot 164
5 5     S. Oberc coll., ex Numismad, auction 12, lot 691