RPC VI, 6746 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6746 (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 ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκον) Σεουῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδ(ρος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus 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 ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ Ν, ΕΤ Γ
Edition μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας ν(εωκόρου) ἔτ(ους) γʹ
Translation of the metropolis Caesarea, neocorate, of year 3
Reverse design Sarapis, draped and standing left, raising arm and holding agalma of Mount Argaeus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 30.10 g
Reference Ganschow 741b
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Bologna
2 2     = Henseler 1138A, ex Biga Numismatics EA 13, 13 Nov. 2022, lot 324