RPC VI, 6817 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6817 (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 ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρ(ος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ(ΠΟ) ΚΑΙϹΑ(ΡΙ)(Α) ΕΤ Ϛ
Edition Μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας ἔτους ϛʹ Μητροπό(λεως) Καισαρία(ς) ἔτ(ους) ϛʹ
Translation of the metropolis Caesarea, of year 6
Reverse design Mount Argaeus; above, crescent and star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.53 g
Axis 12
Reference SM 567b
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
Note Perhaps also SM 567c, ex Gülek Bogazi hoard 34 (wreath: no crescent and star mentioned). Also SM 575d, ex Gülek Bogazi hoard 37 (agalma on altar)?
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 682
2 2     Cop: 295 = SM 567b
3 3     ✸ Henseler 1209
4 4     Henseler 1210
5 5     Dresden: AAC3071
6 6     A.S. coll. (ex Numismad 11, 25 Nov. 2023, lot 618)
7 7     A.S. coll. (ex Bay 4, 5 July 2024, lot 457)