RPC VI, 6743 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6743 (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 ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ, ΕΤ Γ
Reverse design Sarapis, draped and standing left, holding sceptre and raising raising arm over agalma of Mount Argaeus surmounted by figure
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow 742b
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B Löbbecke
2 2     Mu: 97
3 3     ✸ On Facebook (B Aaker)
4 4     Henseler 1139A, exs Leu EA 23, 22 Aug. 2022, lot 3678