RPC VI, 6837


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6837 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	6837 (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) ΑΛΞΑΝΔ(ΡΟϹ)
Edition	Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεουῆρ(ος) Ἀλέξανδρο(ς)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander
Obverse design	laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟ(Π) ΚΑΙϹΑ(Ρ)(Ι)(Α) ΕΤ Ζ
Edition	μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας ἔτους ζʹ μητροπ(όλεως) Καισαρία(ς) ἔτ(ους) ζʹ
Translation	of the metropolis Caesarea, of year 7
Reverse design	Mount Argaeus
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	27 mm
Average weight	11.75 g
Axis	11, 12
Reference	S 580
Specimens	10 (6 in the core collections)

#	Specimen	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L	S 580 = BMC 327	26	11.44	12		Show
2	2 ✸	B	Löbbecke		10.17	12		Show
3	3	B	Löbbecke		12.17	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
4	4	B	Löbbecke		13.11	11	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
5	5	B: 10023			11.75	12		Show
6	6	Cop: 297		26	9.46	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
8	8		S 581	28				Show
10	10	Leeds-UL: 1579		27.6	12.36	12		Show
11	11		Henseler 1248C ex Biga Numismatics 19, 2023, lot 56	27	13.20	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
12	12		Numismad 19, 25–26 Oct. 2024, lot 1100	27.1	12.11		Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show