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 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 ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ΕΤ Ϛ
Edition Μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας ἔτους ϛʹ 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 12.18 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Ganschow 803
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     O
2 2     ✸ asiaminorcoins.com
3 3     Henseler 1212
4 4     Henseler 1211
5 5     Aquila 7, 4 Dec. 2022, lot 537 (year 7)
6 6     Kölner Münzkabinett 121, 12–13 Apr. 2024, lot 337
7 7     A.S. coll.