RPC VI, 6747 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6747 (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 ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ, Τ Γ ΕΠ, ΝΕΩΚΟΡ ΕΤ Γ
Reverse design Tyche seated facing, wearing mural crown and holding wreath (?) and cornucopia; on left and right standing figures of two Tychai, each wearing polos, and raising hand with wreath to crown central figure
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 23.51 g
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow 743
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note See also https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/50010. 'Caesarea, metropolis of the three eparchies (Τ Γ ƐΠ = τῶν τριῶν ἐπαρχειῶν), neocorate'. The Tyche of Caesarea is seated facing, and is crowned by those of Pontus and Armenia Minor.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 677
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 603, 4 Feb. 2026, lot 504
3 3     CNG EA 604, 18 Feb. 2026, lot 547