RPC VI, 6752 (temporary)

 

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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)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρ(ος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹ, ΕΤ Γ
Edition μητροπόλεως Καισαρείας ἔτους γʹ μητροπ(όλεως) Καισ(αρείας) ἔτ(ους) γʹ
Translation of the metropolis Caesarea, of year 3
Reverse design Emperor in quadriga, right, holding sceptre and patera; above, Mount Argaeus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.77 g
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.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen 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