RPC VI, 6727 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6727 (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 ϹΕΒ
Edition Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Caesar Marcus Aurelius Alexander Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑ, 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 13.24 g
Axis 12
Reference SM 531e-f; Ganschow 733d
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Note The addition of ϹƐB at the end of the obverse is hard to explain, unless perhaps the die was altered on the news of Alexander's elevation. See also https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/50185, where the same inscription occurs in year 1 of Alexander's reign. Cf. https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/49651.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.62607
2 2     ✸ NY: 1974.226.191