RPC VI, 6777 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6777 (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 ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεουῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρ(ος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ(Π) ΚΑΙϹΑ(ΡΙ) ΕΤ Γ
Edition Μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας ἔτους γ Μητροπ(όλεως) Καισαρί(ας) ἔτ(ους) γ
Translation of the metropolis Caesarea, of year 3
Reverse design veiled and draped bust of Tyche, right, with headdress representing Mount Argaeus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.86 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ganschow 773a-b
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B Löbbecke
2 2     ✸ Helios Auction 5, 25 June 2010, lot 1099011
3 3     Lindgren I, A1727A
4 4     CGT coll., ex eBay Savoca
5 5     Henseler 1168
6 6     Henseler 1168A, ex Biga 2, 2021, lot 308
7 7     CNG EA 595, 10 Sept. 2025, lot 426