RPC VI, 6839


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6839 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VI
Number	6839 (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 ϹΕΟΥΗ(ΡΟϹ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡ(Ο)(Ϲ)
Obverse design	laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟ(Π) ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ΕΤ Ζ
Reverse design	Mount Argaeus; above, crescent and star; on summit, wreath
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	27 mm
Axis	5, 11, 12
Specimens	5 (0 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	Bern: N/82.1801	Righetti 1801	27	14.31	11	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
2	2	Bern: N/82.1802	Righetti 1802	28	12.94	5	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
3	3	Milan: 991-05-65			12.27		Obv.: GIC — (uncertain)	Show
4	4 ✸		Henseler 1261a, ex NBS Numismatics 9, 2021, lot 1447	27	12.82	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
5	5		Kölner Münzkabinett 121, 12–13 Apr. 2024, lot 338 = Lanz 92, 1999, lot 946	27	13.29			Show