RPC VI, 6829 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6829 (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(ΡΟ)(Ϲ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔ(Ρ)(ΟϹ)
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ(Ο)(Π) ΚΑΙϹΑ(ΡΙ)(Α)(Ϲ) ΕΤ Ϛ
Edition Μητροπ(όλεως) Καισαρίας ἔτ(ους) ϛʹ
Translation of the metropolis Caesarea, of year 6
Reverse design Emperor on horse galloping, right, wearing chlamys and brandishing spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 6.19 g
Axis 4, 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference S 573; Ganschow 825
Specimens 20 (10 in the core collections)
Note See also https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/49795 ('year 3').
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1895,0508.200 S 573 = BMC 320
2 2     P: 1973.98
3 3     P: 668
4 4     B I-B
5 5     B Löbbecke
6 6     B Löbbecke
7 7     O
8 8     ✸ O
9 9     V: GR 35805
10 10     NY: 1944.100.62491
11 11     Washington: 74.108.24
12 12     Washington: 74.108.25
13 13     asiaminorcoins.com ex T Vossen
14 14     CNG EA 352, 3 June 2015, lot 343
16 16     CGT coll. = Savoca 16 Blue, 9 Feb. 2019, lot 809
17 17     Henseler 1242
18 18     Henseler 1243
19 19     Henseler 1244
20 20     Henseler 1245
21 21     Henseler 1246