RPC VI, 6843


Image of specimen #16

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6843 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	6843 (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)(ΟϹ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔ(Ρ)(Ο)(Ϲ)
Edition	Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation	Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander
Obverse design	laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟ(Π)(Ο) ΚΑΙϹ(Α)(ΡΙ)(Α) ΕΤ Ζ
Edition	Μητροπό(λεως) Καισαρία(ς) ἔτ(ους) ζʹ
Translation	of the Metropolis Caesarea, of year 7
Reverse design	Mount Argaeus; surmounted by wreath
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	27 mm
Average weight	12.05 g
Axis	5, 6, 11, 12
Reference	S 586; SM 580a-e, 581a
Specimens	17 (9 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L: 1897,0104.425	S 586 = BMC 331	28	12.39	12		Show
2	2	P: 697			11.74		Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
3	3	B	Löbbecke		11.34	5		Show
4	4	B	Löbbecke		12.63	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
5	5	B	Löbbecke	28	13.53	11		Show
6	6	O		26	10.84	12		Show
7	7	O		27	11.69			Show
8	8	NY: 1944.100.62620		27	12.28	12		Show
9	9	NY: 1953.171.1410		26	11.38	6	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
10	10	Tübingen: 4694			10.91	12		Show
11	11	Washington: NU 61068			12.29			Show
12	12		asiaminorcoins.com ex Triton XII, 2010, lot 1394	27	13.84	12		Show
13	13		CNG EA 162, 11 Apr. 2007, lot 258	27	12.13			Show
14	14		Henseler 1255					Show
15	15		Henseler 1257				Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
16	16 ✸		Henseler 1256				Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
17	17		Henseler 1258A, ex Bertolami 96, 2021, lot 1186	27	11.77	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show