RPC VI, 6820


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6820 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VI
Number	6820 (temporary)
Province	Cappadocia
Region	Cappadocia
City	Caesarea
Reign	Severus Alexander
Person (obv.)	Orbiana (Augusta)
Issue	ƐΤ Ϛ = 6
Dating	226/7
Obverse inscription	ΓΝΑ ƐΡƐ ϹΑΛΛ ΒΑΡ ΟΡΒΙ
Obverse design	diademed and draped bust of Orbiana, r.
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ, ƐT Ϛ
Reverse design	veiled and draped bust of Tyche, r., with head-dress representing Mount Argaeus
Metal	Æ
Average diameter	27 mm
Axis	12
Reference	Ganschow 852
Specimens	1 (0 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸				Kagan coll. = Schulten, 27 Mar. 1990, lot 841	27	13.09	12	as pointed out to us by T. Ganschow and by the sale catalogue, the date has been altered from Ɛ to Ϛ: see also https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/49836 for a possible year 6 coin of Orbiana.	Show