RPC VI, 6835 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6835 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ Ζ = 7
Dating 227/8
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ϹΕΟΥ(Η)(Ρ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔ(Ρ)(ΟϹ)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεουῆρ(ος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ(Π)(Ο) ΚΑΙϹΑ(ΡΙ)(Α) ΕΤ Ζ
Edition Μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας ἔτους ζʹ Μητροπό(λεως) Καισαρία(ς) ἔτ(ους) ζʹ
Translation of the metropolis Caesarea, of year 7
Reverse design Mount Argaeus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.27 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference S 581, 583–4; SM 583a
Specimens 18 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1840,1215.151 S 583 = BMC 329
2 2     NY: 1953.171.1411
3 3     NY: 1911.87.37
4 4     NY: 1944.100.62618
5 5     Washington: 74.108.12
6 6     Washington: 74.108.26
7 7     S 584
8 8     Wildwinds ex eBay HJB
9 9     ✸ Wildwinds ex eBay HJB
9 9     CGT coll., ex eBay Denant
10 10     CGT coll., ex eBay Naumann
11 11     CGT coll., ex St Paul Auction 13, 19 Nov. 2017, lot 474
12 12     Henseler 1249
14 14     CGT coll., ex eBay Savoca
16 16     Henseler 1250
17 17     Henseler 1251
18 18     Leu WA 40, 14 Mar. 2026, lot 1138 = Leu WA 38, 13 Dec. 2025, lot 1174 = Leu WA 28, 9 Dec. 2023, lot 2460 = Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2381
19 19     C. Jackson-Jacobs coll. = Naville 100, 22 Feb. 2026, lot 359 = Glendining, Lockett coll., 21–3 Feb. 1961, lot 2992 (part of)