RPC VI, 6823 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6823 (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 ϹΕΟΥ(Η)(Ρ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝ(Δ)(Ρ)(ΟϹ)
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεουῆρ(ος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander
Obverse design radiate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ (or ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ) ΚΑΙϹΑΡ(Ε)Ι(Α)(Ϲ) ΕΤ(ΟΥϹ) Ϛ
Edition Μητροπόλεως Καισαρείας ἔτους ϛʹ
Translation of the metropolis Caesarea, of year 6
Reverse design inscription in lines
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.28 g
Axis 5, 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference S 574–5, 577–8 corr.; SM 574a, 575a-c, 575e, 576a; Ganschow 823c-ee
Specimens 47 (22 in the core collections)
Note The coins are very similar to https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/50006 = S 553 (Γ), and it is not certain if that year exists. Both Ω and Ⲱ occur. S 577-8 did not mention the radiate bust, but he cited BMC 324, '332' (an error for 323: cf. S 587) and 325.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1843,0712. S 577 = BMC 323
2 2     L: 1847,1101.263 S 574 = BMC 321
3 3     L: 1869,0703.38 S 578.1 = BMC 324
4 4     L: 1889,1106.131 S 578.2 = BMC 325
5 5     P: 681A Wa 6789 = SM 563d ('year 5')
6 6     P: 692
7 7     B Löbbecke
8 8     B Löbbecke
9 9     B Löbbecke
10 10     B Löbbecke
11 11     B Löbbecke
12 12     B Löbbecke
13 13     C: Lewis 1723
14 14     C McClean 9231
15 15     Cop: 296
16 16     G: 90 SNG 2276
17 17     Mu: 104
18 18     NY: 1944.100.62487 SM 574a
19 19     NY: 1944.100.62488 SM 575a
20 20     NY: 1944.100.62489
21 21     O
22 22     V: GR 20184
23 23     V-ON Leypold 2810
24 24     Milan: 11997
25 25     Tübingen: 4692
26 26     Tübingen: 4693
27 27     CNG EA 262, 17 Aug. 2011, lot 237
28 28     Gülek Bogazi hoard 42 = SM 575e
29 29     Gülek Bogazi hoard 44 = SM 576a
30 30     Lindgren I, 1724
31 31     Rauch Summer 2007, 11 Sept. 2007, lot 819
32 32     S 575
33 33     Solidus Online Auction 11, 14 Jan. 2017, lot 200
34 34     vA 6518 = SM 575c
35 35     ✸ Naumann 67, 1 July 2018, lot 406
36 36     Roma Numismatics Ltd E-Sale 41, 2 Dec. 2017, lot 529
38 38     Henseler 1229
39 39     Henseler 1230
40 40     Henseler 1231
41 41     Henseler 1232
42 42     Henseler 1233
43 43     Henseler 1234
44 44     Henseler 1235
46 46     Henseler 1237
47 47     Henseler 1238
48 48     Leeds-UL: 1002
49 49     Bochum: M 3243