RPC VI, 6752 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6752 (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(Ρ)(ΟϹ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝ(Δ)(Ρ)
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹ, ΕΤ Γ
Reverse design Emperor in quadriga, right, holding sceptre and patera; above, Mount Argaeus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference SM 546a; Ganschow 755
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)
Note B Löbbecke (11.98) (kept at end of series) might be another example.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B Ι-Β
2 2     C McClean 9230 = SM 546a
3 3     O
4 4     V: GR 20182
5 5     ✸ Wildwinds ex CNG Ebay
6 6     Numismatik Naumann 61, 7 Jan. 2018, lot 472
7 7     Henseler 1146
8 8     Naumann 61, 7 Jan. 2018, lot 472
9 9     Demos 8, 19 Mar. 2022, lot 604
10 10     Ares 10, 4 Sept. 2020, lot 375