RPC VI, 6818


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6818 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VI
Number	6818 (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 ϹΕΟΥΗ(Ρ)(ΟϹ) ΑΛΕΑΝΔ(Ρ)(Ο)(Ϲ)
Obverse design	laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡ(Ο) (or ΜΗΤΡΟ(Π)) ΚΑΙϹ(Α)(Ρ)(Ι) ΕΤ Ϛ
Reverse design	Mount Argaeus; above, wreath; (to left and right, crescent and wreath)
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	26 mm
Axis	5, 11, 12
Reference	S 567–567a
Specimens	15 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L: 1926,0116.942		26	13.14	11		Show
3	3 ✸		asiaminorcoins.com ex G Rhode	27	13.37			Show
4	4		asiaminorcoins.com ex T Vossen	26	12.49			Show
5	5		S 567	25				Show
6	6		S 567a	26			Sydenham Coll.	Show
7	7		CGT coll.	26	12.97	5		Show
8	8		CGT coll.	26	10.17	5	Obv.: GIC — (uncertain)	Show
10	10		CGT coll., ex eBay Savoca	26	9.57	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
15	15		Henseler 1208					Show
18	18		Henseler 1213					Show
19	19		Henseler 1214					Show
20	20		Henseler 1216				Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.) ; crescent and wreath	Show
22	22		Henseler 1208A, ex NBS Numismatics 8, 2021, lot 425	25	12.17	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
23	23		Henseler 1217A, ex Biga Numismatics 10, 2022, lot 382	27	13.45	12		Show
24	24		Henseler 1208B, ex Rönesans blue 2, 2023, lot 662	27	12.57	12		Show