RPC VI, 6740 (temporary)

 

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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
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ Ν, ΕΤ Γ
Reverse design Sarapis, draped and standing left, raising arm and holding agalma of Mount Argaeus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Axis 12
Reference S 545; Ganschow 741c
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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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