RPC VI, 6763 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6763 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ Γ = 3
Dating 223/4
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ϹΕΟΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡ
Obverse design radiate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ (or ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ) ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ(ΑϹ) ΕΤ Γ
Reverse design inscription in lines
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 5, 6, 11
Reference S 553; Ganschow —
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note It is very hard to distinguish these coins from https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/49471 = S 574-5 (year Ϛ), and it may be that year 3 does not exist. A die study would probably resolve the question. SM 553a cites a specimen from trade with a laureate obverse.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 672
2 2     Sydenham = S 553
3 3     CGT coll., ex Righetti = Auctiones 46, 27 Mar. 2016, lot 34
5 5     Okun-Dubitsky Collection
6 6     ✸ Henseler 1230A, ex Bucephalus Auction 1, 18 Dec. 2021, lot 378