RPC VI, 6819 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
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)
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ(ΠΟ) ΚΑΙϹΑ(ΡΙΑ) ΕΤ Ϛ
Reverse design temple with two columns, enclosing agalma of Mount Argaeus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 12
Reference S 568; Ganschow 818
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1895,0508.192 S 568 = BMC 314
2 2     P: 683
3 3     P: 684
4 4     Washington: 69.50.50
6 6     Damaris 1, 4 June 2022, lot 360
7 7     Henseler 1226C ex Bucephalus Numismatic Black 4, 2022, lot 1029