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 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, ΤΡ ΕΠ, ΝΕ[ωΚΟΡΟΥ] ΕΤ [ ]
Edition μητροπ(όλεως) Καισαρί(ας) τρ(ιῶν) ἐπ(αρχιῶν) νεωκόρου ἔτ(ους) [---]
Translation of the metropolis Caesarea, of three eparchies, neocorate, year [---]
Reverse design Tyche seated facing, wearing mural crown and holding wreath (?) and cornucopia; on left and right standing figures of Tychai, each wearing polos, and raising hand with wreath to crown central figure
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 21.87 g
Reference Ganschow 743
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note Date not legible, but the shared die with coins of year 3 makes 3 probable.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 677