RPC VI, 6745 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6745 (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 ϹΕΟΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡ
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
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 36 mm
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Ganschow 741a
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B B-I
2 2     ✸ B Löbbecke
3 3     Henseler 1138, ex CNG 54, 2000, lot 1165 ex Finarte 1996, lot 1130 ex Santamaria 1953 (Signorelli) lot 907
4 4     CNG EA 511, 9 Mar. 2022, lot 249