RPC VI, 6834 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6834 (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 ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕΒΑ
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ ΑΛΕΞΑΝ ΝΕωΚΟΡΟΥ ΕΤ Ζ
Reverse design Mount Argaeus between two conical stones (radiate on top); on summit, wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 12
Reference S 579; Ganschow 829
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Note Burrell, Neokoroi, p. 249 type 6. ΑΛƐΞΑΝ is clear on https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/242542, but has been much tooled; the first letters are clear on https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/243733; there seem to be traces of the same word on the less well-preserved but untouched https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/242627. See https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/66295 (Septimius Severus) for a similar conical stone
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1872,0709.324 S 579 = BMC 326
2 2     ✸ Mu: 107
3 3     MM Deutschland 12, 2003, 257 ex Müller 47, 1984, lot 238
4 4     Milan: B9703