RPC VI, 6845 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6845 (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) ΑΛΕΞΑΝ(Δ)(Ρ)(Ο)(Ϲ)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεουῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander
Obverse design radiate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ ΕΤ Ζ
Edition Μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας ἔτους ζʹ Μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας ἔτ(ους) ζʹ
Translation of the metropolis Caesarea, of year 7
Reverse design inscription in lines
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.93 g
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference S 591–2; SM 591a; Ganschow 837d-i
Specimens 16 (7 in the core collections)
Note Ⲱ and Ω both occur
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1895,0508.203 S 592 = BMC 335
2 2     L: H.P.B.p.148.N.3 S 591 = BMC 334
3 3     P: 704
4 4     B B-I
5 5     B Löbbecke
6 6     Mu: 108
7 7     V: GR 34678
8 8     V-ON Leypold 2808
9 9     V-ON Leypold 2809
10 10     Washington: 75.73.297
11 11     vA 6521
12 12     Weber 7819 = SM 591a
13 13     CGT coll., ex eBay Savoca
15 15     ✸ Henseler 1270
16 16     Henseler 1271
17 17     CGT coll.