RPC VI, 6843 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #16

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6843 (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)(Ρ)(ΟϹ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔ(Ρ)(Ο)(Ϲ)
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ(Π)(Ο) ΚΑΙϹ(Α)(ΡΙ)(Α) ΕΤ Ζ
Reverse design Mount Argaeus; surmounted by wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference S 586; SM 580a-e, 581a
Specimens 17 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1897,0104.425 S 586 = BMC 331
2 2     P: 697
3 3     B Löbbecke
4 4     B Löbbecke
5 5     B Löbbecke
6 6     O
7 7     O
8 8     NY: 1944.100.62620
9 9     NY: 1953.171.1410
10 10     Tübingen: 4694
11 11     Washington: NU 61068
12 12     asiaminorcoins.com ex Triton XII, 2010, lot 1394
13 13     CNG EA 162, 11 Apr. 2007, lot 258
14 14     Henseler 1255
15 15     Henseler 1257
16 16     ✸ Henseler 1256
17 17     Henseler 1258A, ex Bertolami 96, 2021, lot 1186