RPC VI, 6770 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6770 (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(ΡΟϹ)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεουῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹΑ(Ρ)(Ι) ΕΤ Γ
Edition Μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας ἔτους γʹ Μητρο(πόλεως) Καισαρί(ας) ἔτ(ους) γʹ
Translation of the metropolis Caesarea, of year 3
Reverse design Emperor on horse galloping, right, wearing clamys and brandishing spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.55 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference S 547; Ganschow 769
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
Note Possibly belongs to year 6, as Γand Ϛ are hard to distinguish. See https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/, which seems clearly to be from year 6.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1895,0508.198 S 547 = BMC 303
2 2     P: 669
3 3     V-ON Leypold 2798
4 4     Henseler 1167
5 5     vA 6512
6 6     Aphrodite Art Coins G8, 1–2 Mar. 2025, lot 405
7 7     Numismad 24, 30–31 May 2025, lot 581