RPC VI, 6819


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6819 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	6819 (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 ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔ(ΡΟϹ)
Edition	Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεουῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation	Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander
Obverse design	laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟ(ΠΟ) ΚΑΙϹΑ(ΡΙΑ) ΕΤ Ϛ
Edition	Μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας ἔτους ϛʹ Μητροπό(λεως) Καισαρία(ς) ἔτ(ους) ϛʹ
Translation	of the metropolis Caesarea, of year 6
Reverse design	temple with two columns, enclosing agalma of Mount Argaeus
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	27 mm
Average weight	12.43 g
Axis	12
Reference	S 568; Ganschow 818
Specimens	6 (3 in the core collections)

#	Specimen	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	L: 1895,0508.192	S 568 = BMC 314	29	13.89	12		Show
2	2	P: 683			11.84			Show
3	3	P: 684			14.38			Show
4	4	Washington: 69.50.50			11.45	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.) ; date not certain	Show
6	6		Damaris 1, 4 June 2022, lot 360		12.16		Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
7	7		Henseler 1226C ex Bucephalus Numismatic Black 4, 2022, lot 1029	24	10.87	12		Show