RPC VI, 6849 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6849 (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 ϹΕΟ ΑΛΕΞΑΝ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεο(υῆρος) Ἀλέξαν(δρος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑ(Ρ) ΕΤ Ζ
Edition Μητροπόλεως Καισαρείας ἔτους ζʹ Μητρο(πόλεως) Καισαρ(είας) ἔτ(ους) ζʹ
Translation of the metropolis of Caesarea, of year 7
Reverse design temple with two columns, enclosing agalma of Mount Argaeus; globe or star in pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 4.34 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference SM 592a; Ganschow 839
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note A coin in B for this denomination has this design (3.06g, ΑΥ Κ ϹƐΟΥΗ ΑΛƐΞΑΝΔΡ) with a radiate head, r., on the obv., but the year is not visible.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 699 Wa 6791 = SM 592a
2 2     Henseler 1275
3 3     Henseler 1275a, ex Ares web auction 1, 23 Aug. 2019, lot 287 = Ares web auction 12, 2020, lot 410