RPC VI, 6853 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6853 (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 ϹΕΟ(Υ)(Η) ΑΛΕΞΑ(Ν)(Δ)(ΡΟ)
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ(Ρ)(Ο)(Π) ΚΑΙϹ(Α)(Ρ)(Ι) ΕΤ Η
Reverse design three corn-ears tied together
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference S 596; SM 595a, 596a; Ganschow 843
Specimens 38 (21 in the core collections)
Note S 595 cites BMC 338 incorrectly as authority for 'Bust r., laur., dr., cuir.', and it seems unlikely, though not impossible, that there is any such coin.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1895,0508.204 S 595 = BMC 338
2 2     P: AA.GR.25794
3 3     P: 706
4 4     P: 707 Wa 6793 = SM 595a
5 5     P: 708
6 6     B Fox
7 7     B Löbbecke
8 8     B Löbbecke
9 9     B Löbbecke
10 10     B Löbbecke
11 11     B Löbbecke
12 12     B: 1505/1918
13 13     B: 1506/1918
14 14     Cop: 301 = SM 596a
15 15     Mu: 98
16 16     NY: 1944.100.62495
17 17     NY: 1956.28.346
18 18     O
19 19     O
20 20     V: GR 20187
21 21     V: GR 20188
22 22     Anamur: 415
23 23     Anamur: 416
24 24     Anamur: 417
26 26     Lodz: 11
27 27     Milan: 12000
28 28     Milan: 6704
29 29     Tübingen: 4696
30 30     Washington: 74.108.28
31 31     ✸ CNG EA 328, 11 June 2014, lot 364
32 32     S 596
34 34     Henseler 1283
35 35     Henseler 1284
36 36     Henseler 1285
37 37     Henseler 1286
38 38     Henseler 1287
39 39     Henseler 1285A, ex Lydia 5, 2021, lot 649
40 40     Boston: 63.2640