RPC VI, 6834 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6834 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ƐΤ Ζ = 7
Dating 227/8
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕΒΑ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβαστός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβα(στός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ ΑΛΕΞΑΝ ΝΕωΚΟΡΟΥ ΕΤ Ζ
Edition Μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας Ἀλεξάνδρου νεωκόρου ἔτους ζʹ Μητροπόλε(ως) Καισαρίας Ἀλεξάν(δρου) νεωκόρου ἔτ(ους) ζʹ
Translation of the metropolis of Caesarea, neocorate of Alexander, of year 7
Reverse design Mount Argaeus between two conical stones (radiate on top); on summit, wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 24.06 g
Axis 12
Reference S 579; Ganschow 829
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Note Burrell, Neokoroi, p. 249 type 6. ΑΛƐΞΑΝ is clear on https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/242542, but has been much tooled; the first letters are clear on https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/243733; there seem to be traces of the same word on the less well-preserved but untouched https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/242627. See https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/66295 (Septimius Severus) for a similar conical stone
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1872,0709.324 S 579 = BMC 326
2 2     ✸ Mu: 107
3 3     MM Deutschland 12, 2003, 257 ex Müller 47, 1984, lot 238
4 4     Milan: B9703
5 5     CNG EA 592, 30 July 2025, lot 369