RPC VI, 10887 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10887 (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 ΑΝΤ ϹΕΟΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ωνῖνος) Σεου(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρο(ς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antoninus Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ΕΤ Α
Edition μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας ἔτους αʹ μητροπ(όλεως) Καισαρί(ας) ἔτ(ους) αʹ
Translation of the metropolis Caesarea, year 1
Reverse design three corn-ears tied together
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.78 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The type is common for year 4, but this does look like ΕΤ Α
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
12 12     ✸ Naumann 81, 1 Sept. 2019, lot