RPC VI, 6744 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεουῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδ(ρος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander
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
Edition Μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας νεωκόρου ἔτους γʹ Μητροπό(λεως) Καισαρίας νεωκόρ(ου) ἔτ(ους) γʹ
Translation of the metropolis Caesarea, neocorate, of year 3
Reverse design Emperor in quadriga, right, holding sceptre and patera; above, Mount Argaeus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 25.23 g
Axis 12
Reference S 546; Ganschow 740
Specimens 5 (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

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,0101.2718 vA 6511
2 2     L: BNK,G.1115 S 546 = BMC 302
3 3     B Löbbecke
4 4     Henseler 1137E, Ganschow 740, ex NumisCorner EA 4, 2024, lot 547
5 5     ✸ CNG Triton XXVIII, 14 Jan. 2025, lot 471