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)

Specimens of this coin type