RPC VI, 6816 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6816 (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 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 ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ΕΤ Ϛ
Edition Μητρο(πόλεως) Καισαρί(ας) ἔτ(ους) ϛʹ
Translation of the metropolis Caesarea, of year 6
Reverse design Mount Argaeus, among six stars; below, double branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.33 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Ganschow 803
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)

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