RPC VI, 6736

RPC VI, 6736 (temporary)


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6736 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	6736 (temporary)
Province	Cappadocia
Region	Cappadocia
City	Caesarea
Reign	Severus Alexander
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue	ƐΤ Α = 1
Dating	222
Obverse inscription	ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ(Ρ)(Η) ϹΕΟΥ(Η)(Ρ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝ(Δ)(Ρ)(Ο)(Ϲ)
Edition	Ἀύ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Σεουῆρ(ος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation	Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design	laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟΠ(Ο) ΚΑΙϹΑ(ΡΙ)(Α), ΕΤ(Ο)(Υ)(Ϲ) Α
Edition	μητροπό(λεως) Καισαρία(ς) ἔτους αʹ
Translation	of the metropolis Caesarea, year 1
Reverse design	agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on inscribed altar
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	26 mm
Average weight	12.25 g
Axis	11, 12
Reference	S 534–6a, 539; SM 537a corr. and var.
Specimens	34 (10 in the core collections)
Note	SM 537a incorrectly assigned this variety to Alexander's Caesarship under Elagabalus.

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Specimens of this coin type

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L: B,1841.3447	S 534 = BMC 297	25	11.98	12		Show
2	2	P: 657			11.24			Show
3	3	P: 659			12.14			Show
4	4	P: 660			10.60			Show
5	5	B	I-B	26	11.52	12		Show
6	6	B	Löbbecke		11.67	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
7	7	B: 28791		26	13.13	12		Show
8	8	C	SNG 5482		12.51	12		Show
9	9	O		27	11.74	12		Show
10	10	Anamur: 407		26	12.40	12	ƐΤΟΥϹ	Show
11	11	Milan: 12226						Show
12	12	NY: 1953.171.1404		25	11.63	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.) ; portrait of Elagabalus?	Show
13	13		536a	27				Show
14	14		Burbules coll. = SM 537a	25				Show
15	15		CNG EA 162, 11 Apr. 2007, lot 257	27	13.90			Show
16	16		Effler coll.	27	12.70	12		Show
17	17		Gorny & Mosch 122, 10 Mar. 2003, lot 1863 = Gorny & Mosch 122, 10 Mar. 2003, lot 1863 = Gorny & Mosch 122, 10 Mar. 2003, lot 1863	26	13.96			Show
18	18		vA 6510	25	12.25			Show
20	20		Henseler 1131; Henseler 1131	26	10.38	12	Obv.: GIC — (uncertain)	Show
21	21		CGT coll.	27	11.82	12	ΑΛƐΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ	Show
22	22 ✸		Naumann 58, 1 Oct. 2017, lot 369	27	11.81			Show
23	23	Freiburg: 12581		27	13.24	11		Show
24	24		CGT coll. = Zeus Budget Auction 13, 31 Oct. 2020, lot 647	27	12.72	12	ƐΤΟ Α	Show
25	25		Henseler 1126					Show
26	26		Henseler 1127					Show
27	27		Henseler 1128					Show
28	28		Henseler 1129				Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
29	29		Henseler 1130					Show
30	30		Henseler 1132					Show
31	31		Henseler 1133					Show
32	32		Henseler coll. 1120C, ex Dara Auction 3, 5 Nov. 2021, lot 404	26	15.04			Show
33	33	Bochum: M 3242		25	12.10	11		Show
34	34		Henseler 1120D, ex Numismad 11, 2023, lot 613	27	11.79	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show
35	35		Henseler 1120D, ex Numismad 11, 2023, lot 613	27	11.79	12	Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show