RPC VI, 6847 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6847 (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) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεουῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδ(ρος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander
Obverse design radiate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ(Ο) ΚΑΙϹ(Α) ΕΤ Ζ
Edition Μητρο(πόλεως) Καισα(ρείας) ἔτ(ους) ζʹ
Translation of the metropolis of Caesarea, of year 7
Reverse design basket with four (occasionally five) corn-ears
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 7.93 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference S 588–9; Ganschow 835–836
Specimens 26 (9 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.525 S 588 = BMC 333
2 2     P: 703
3 3     P: M 6428
4 4     B I-B
5 5     B Löbbecke
6 6     B Rauch
7 7     Mu: 109
8 8     O
9 9     NY: 1944.100.62496
10 10     Milan: 11986
11 11     Tübingen: 4695
12 12     Washington: 75.73.298
13 13     Hall = S 590
14 14     Henseler 1268
15 15     Peus Auctions 410–411, 31 Oct. 2013, lot 749
16 16     Sydenham = S 589
17 17     vA 6520
18 18     Saint Paul Antiques 15, 27 Jan. 2018, lot 389
19 19     T. Mullally coll.
20 20     Henseler 1263
21 21     Henseler 1264
22 22     Henseler 1265
23 23     ✸ Henseler 1266
24 24     Henseler 1267
25 25     CGT coll. = Lydia EA 9, 17 July 2021, lot 403
26 26     priv Coll H.I., ex Demos 15, 13 Jan. 2023, lot 772