RPC VI, 6726 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6726 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Issue ƐΤ Ɛ = 5
Dating 221/2
Obverse inscription Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκον) Αὐρήλιος Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Caesar Marcus Aurelius Alexander
Obverse design bare-headed and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ(Π)(Ο) ΚΑΙϹΑ(Ρ)(ΙΑ), ΕΤ Ε
Edition Μητροπό(λεως) Καισαρία(ς) ἔτ(ους) εʹ
Translation of the metropolis Caesarea, of year 5
Reverse design agalma of Mount Argaeus placed on inscribed altar; on summit, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.28 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference SM 533a; Ganschow 733a-c
Specimens 19 (3 in the core collections)
Note The Κ for Caesar would more naturally come at the end of the inscription but https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/ places it at the beginning. SM 560c, attributed to Alexander as Augustus, is probably another specimen.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: AA.GR.26302
2 2     B 1165/1931, ex Cahn 71, lot 976
3 3     Cop: 286
4 4     V-ON Leypold 2797
5 5     Washington: 81.81.48
7 7     ✸ CNG EA 191, 9 July 2008, lot 91
8 8 –10     Gülek Boğazi hoard, nos 20–22
11 11     Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 1098
12 12     Wildwinds
13 13     CGT coll.
14 14     Saint Paul Antiques 15, 27 Jan. 2018, lot 387
16 16     Henseler 1115
17 17     CGT coll. = Saint Paul 15, 27 Jan. 2018, lot 387
18 18     Henseler 1114
19 19     Henseler 1116
20 20     Henseler 1117
21 21     B. Effler Coll., ex Savoca Coins Blue 152nd Blue, 7 - 8 Jan. 2023, lot 1395