RPC VI, 6740 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6740 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ Γ = 3
Dating 223/4
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκον) Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ Ν, ΕΤ Γ
Edition Μητροπό(λεως) Καισαρίας ν(εωκόρου) ἔτ(ους) γʹ
Translation of the metropolis Caesarea, neocorate, of year 3
Reverse design Sarapis, draped and standing left, raising arm and holding agalma of Mount Argaeus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 26.51 g
Axis 12
Reference S 545; Ganschow 741c
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 673 RN 1895, p. 74, no. 26 and pl. III.15
2 2     B: 457/1900