RPC VI, 10898 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10898 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ Ϛ = 6
Dating 226/7
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ϹΕΟΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεουῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδ(ρος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑ ΕΤ Ϛ
Edition Μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας ἔτους ϛʹ Μητρο(πόλεως) Καισα(ρίας) ἔτ(ους) ϛʹ
Translation of the metropolis Caesarea, of year 6
Reverse design temple with four columns, enclosing agalma of Mount Argaeus on altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.86 g
Axis 12
Reference S —; Ganschow —
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     CGT coll., ex Naville Numismatics 53, 3 Nov. 2019, lot 225
3 3     Henseler 1226B, ex Numismad 2, 28 May 2022, lot 605
4 4     ✸ Berk 221, 3 Nov. 2022, lot 540
5 5     Henseler 1226A, ex Zeus 2, 2019, lot 260