RPC VI, 6833 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6833 (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
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑ ΕΤ Ϛ
Reverse design temple with two columns, enclosing agalma of Mount Argaeus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference Ganschow 826
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
Note A coin in B for this denomination has this design (3.06g, ΑΥ Κ ϹƐΟΥΗ ΑΛƐΞΑΝΔΡ) with a radiate head, r., on the obv., but the year is not visible.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Henseler 1247
2 2     Roma Numismatics EA 56, 9 May 2019, lot 603
3 3     Roma Numismatics EA 93, 6 Jan. 2022, lot 785
4 4     Roma Numismatics EA 99, 7 July 2022, lot 837
5 5     Henseler 1247A, ex Biga 8, 2022, lot 503
6 6     Henseler 1247B, ex Biga 24, 2023, lot 438