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Image of specimen #23 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6847 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
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) |