RPC VI, 6850 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6850 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ Η = 8
Dating 228/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ϹΕΟΥ(Η)(Ρ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝ(Δ)(Ρ)
Obverse design laureate bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ(Π)(Ο) ΚΑΙϹΑΡ(Ι)(Α) ΕΤ Η
Reverse design Mount Argaeus; on summit, wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference S 593–4
Specimens 15 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1847,1101.264 S 594 = BMC 337
2 2     L: 1895,0508.196 S 593 = BMC 336
3 3     P: AA.GR.25774
4 4     P: 705
5 5     B Löbbecke
6 6     B Rauch
7 7     NY: 1953.171.1405
8 8     Lindgren I, 1725
9 9     vA 6522
10 10     CGT coll., ex eBay Lanz
11 11     Henseler 1276
12 12     ✸ Leu EA 16, 22 May 2021, lot 2943
13 13     Leeds-UL: 1580
14 14     CGT coll. = Lydia EA 9, 17 July 2021, lot 408
15 15     Henseler 1279A, ex Bucephalus Black 1, 2022, lot 360