RPC VI, 6732 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6732 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ Α = 1
Dating 222
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ϹΕΟΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Σεουῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, left, holding spear and decorated shield, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ(Ο) ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ ΕΤ Α
Edition μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας νεωκόρου ἔτους αʹ μητροπό(λεως) Καισαρί(ας) νεωκόρου ἔτ(ους) αʹ
Translation of the metropolis of Caesarea, neocorate, of year 1
Reverse design Mount Argaeus, surmounted by figure; below, two prize crowns with small temple between
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.19 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference SM 536b corr.; SM 539c; SM 539d; Ganschow 734
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
Note SM 536b incorrectly assigned this variety to Alexander's Caesarship under Elagabalus.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: B 774
2 2     ✸ B Löbbecke
3 3     NY: 1944.100.51942 = SM 539c
4 4     Henseler 1118
5 5     Henseler 1120
6 6     Henseler 1119, ex MM Deutschland 19, 2006, lot 301 (unillustrated)
7 7     Mabbott 2382 = SM 539d
8 8     vA 6509 = SM 536b corr.
10 10     CNG EA 534, 15 Mar. 2023, lot 390