RPC VI, 6813


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Coin type
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Volume	VI
Number	6813 (temporary)
Province	Cappadocia
Region	Cappadocia
City	Caesarea
Reign	Severus Alexander
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue	ƐΤ Ϛ = 6
Dating	226/7
Obverse inscription	ΑΥ Κ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ(ΟϹ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡ(Ο)
Edition	Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρο(ς)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander
Obverse design	laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟ(Π) ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΕΤ Ϛ
Edition	Μητροπ(όλεως) Καισαρ(ίας) ἔτ(ους) ϛʹ
Translation	of the Metropolis Caesarea, of year 6
Reverse design	Mount Argaeus between two standards, a third standard standing in front; on summit, eagle, left, holding wreath in beak
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	28 mm
Average weight	15.73 g
Axis	12
Reference	S 566; Ganschow 812b
Specimens	1 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			L: 1895,0508.193	S 566 = BMC 316	28	15.73	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.) ; regarded by Ganschow pp. 291, no. 812b with note as a doublestruck coin of the normal type with two standards	Show