RPC VI, 6731 (temporary)

 

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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
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
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