RPC VI, 6819


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6819 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	6819 (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 ϹΕΟΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔ(ΡΟϹ)
Edition	Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεουῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation	Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander
Obverse design	laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟ(ΠΟ) ΚΑΙϹΑ(ΡΙΑ) ΕΤ Ϛ
Edition	Μητροπό(λεως) Καισαρία(ς) ἔτ(ους) ϛʹ
Translation	of the Metropolis Caesarea, of year 6
Reverse design	temple with two columns, enclosing agalma of Mount Argaeus
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	27 mm
Average weight	12.43 g
Axis	12
Reference	S 568; Ganschow 818
Specimens	6 (3 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	L: 1895,0508.192	S 568 = BMC 314	29	13.89	12		Show
2	2	P: 683			11.84			Show
3	3	P: 684			14.38			Show
4	4	Washington: 69.50.50			11.45	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.) ; date not certain	Show
6	6		Damaris 1, 4 June 2022, lot 360		12.16		Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
7	7		Henseler 1226C ex Bucephalus Numismatic Black 4, 2022, lot 1029	24	10.87	12		Show