RPC VI, 6813


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6813 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	6813 (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 ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡ
Edition	Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεουῆρ(ος) Ἀλέξανδρ(ος)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander
Obverse design	laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΕΤ Ϛ
Edition	Μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας ἔτους ϛʹ Μητρο(πόλεως) Καισαρ(ίας) ἔτ(ους) ϛʹ
Translation	of the metropolis Caesarea, of year 6
Reverse design	Mount Argaeus between two standards, a third standard standing in front; on summit, eagle, left, holding wreath in beak
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	27 mm
Average weight	14.47 g
Axis	12
Reference	S 566; Ganschow 812b
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)

#	Specimen	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			L: 1895,0508.193	S 566 = BMC 316	28	15.73	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.) ; regarded by Ganschow pp. 291, no. 812b with note as a doublestruck coin of the normal type with two standards	Show
2	2				Kratky Coll., ex Olympus Numismatik 13, 14–15 June 2024, lot 430	26.9	13.21		Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show