RPC VI, 6813 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
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(ΟϹ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡ(Ο)
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ(Π) ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΕΤ Ϛ
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 28 mm
Axis 12
Reference S 566; Ganschow 812b
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1895,0508.193 S 566 = BMC 316
2 2     ✸ Ares 2, 28 Sept. 2019, lot 517