RPC VI, 6843 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #16

 

Coin type
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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος 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 Μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας ἔτους ζʹ 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)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1897,0104.425 S 586 = BMC 331
2 2     P: 697
3 3     B Löbbecke
4 4     B Löbbecke
5 5     B Löbbecke
6 6     O
7 7     O
8 8     NY: 1944.100.62620
9 9     NY: 1953.171.1410
10 10     Tübingen: 4694
11 11     Washington: NU 61068
12 12     asiaminorcoins.com ex Triton XII, 2010, lot 1394
13 13     CNG EA 162, 11 Apr. 2007, lot 258
14 14     Henseler 1255
15 15     Henseler 1257
16 16     ✸ Henseler 1256
17 17     Henseler 1258A, ex Bertolami 96, 2021, lot 1186