RPC VI, 6815 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #26

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6815 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ Ϛ = 6
Dating 226/7
Obverse inscription Α(Υ Κ) ϹΕΟΥΗΡ(ΟϹ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝ(ΔΡ)(ΟϹ)
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ(Π)(Ο) ΚΑΙϹΑΡ(Ι)(ΑϹ) ΕΤ Ϛ
Reverse design Mount Argaeus between two standards; on summit, eagle, left, holding wreath in beak; (star and crescent)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7, 11, 12
Reference S 564–5; SM 565a; Ganschow 812a, 812c-h
Specimens 27 (13 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L S 566 = BMC 315
2 2     P: 685
3 3     B Löbbecke
4 4     B Löbbecke
5 5     B Löbbecke
6 6     B: 396/1880
7 7     Mu: 103
8 8     Brussels Cumont: RBN 69 (1913), p. 126, no. 50
9 9     Milan: 12103
10 10     Milan: 6698
11 11     NY: 1944.100.62615
12 12     NY: 1944.100.62616
13 13     NY: 1944.100.62617
14 14     NY: 1953.171.1409
15 15     CNG EA 337, 22 Oct. 2014, lot 221
16 16     Ebay (2016)
17 17     S 565 = RBN 1913, 126
18 18     vA 6517
19 19     L S 566 = BMC 315
20 20     L S 566 = BMC 315
21 21     CGT coll. = Savoca 3rd Blue, Nov. 2017, lot 595
22 22     Henseler 1222
23 23     Henseler 1223
24 24     Henseler 1224
26 26     ✸ R. Effler coll. (ex Leu EA 16, 22 May 2021, lot 2942)
27 27     Leeds-UL: 1578
28 28     Zeus Numismatics Budget 13, 31 Oct. 2020, lot 667