RPC VI, 6744 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6744 (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 ϹΕΟΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔ
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, wearing cuirass with Gorgon's head, holding sceptre on shoulder, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ ΝΕωΚΟΡ ΕΤ Γ
Reverse design Emperor in quadriga, right, holding sceptre and patera; above, Mount Argaeus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 12
Reference S 546; Ganschow 740
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
Note Burrell, Neokoroi, p. 249 type 5. S 546 read the exergue as ΝƐⲰΚΟ (Δ?), which would be relevant to the discussion of Caesarea's second neocorate (see introduction) but Ρ seems more likely than Δ.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,0101.2718 vA 6511
2 2     ✸ L: BNK,G.1115 S 546 = BMC 302
3 3     B Löbbecke