RPC VI, 6731 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6731 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ Α = 1
Dating 222
Obverse inscription Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ϹΕΟΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Σεουῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ[ ] ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ ΕΤ Α
Reverse design Mount Argaeus, surmounted by figure; below, two prize crowns with small temple between
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 26.12 g
Axis 12
Reference SM 539b corr.; Ganschow —
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Note The unusual obverse inscription, also used on one die of the bare-headed coins of Alexander for Elagabalus's year 5 (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/49586), suggests the very beginning of the reign.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 656
2 2     NY: 1944.100.51943 SM 539b, giving the obv. inscription incorrectly