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VI, 6852 (temporary)
Image of specimen #3
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6852
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Volume
VI
Number
6852 (temporary)
Province
Cappadocia
Region
Cappadocia
City
Caesarea
Reign
Severus Alexander
Person (obv.)
Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue
ƐΤ Η = 8
Dating
228/9
Obverse inscription
ΑΥ Κ Ϲ
Ε
ΟΥ ΑΛ
Ε
ΞΑΝ
Edition
Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεου(ῆρος) Ἀλέξαν(δρος)
Translation
Emperor Caesar Severus Alexander
Obverse design
radiate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription
ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ(Λ
Ε
ω
Ϲ) ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ Ν
Ε
ω
Κ(ΟΡΟΥ)
Ε
Τ Η
Edition
μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας νεωκόρου ἔτ(ους) ηʹ
Translation
of the metropolis Caesarea, neocorate, of year 8
Reverse design
inscription in lines
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
22 mm
Average weight
6.18 g
Axis
5, 11
Reference
Ganschow 842
Specimens
4 (3 in the core collections)
Note
D.H. Cox,
A Tarsus Coin Collection in the Adana Museum
(New York, 1941), p. 57 no. 230 records a coin (not illustrated) as reading ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛƐⲰϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ ƐΤ Η, with obv. ΑΥ Κ ϹƐΟY ΑΛƐΞΑΝΔ (radiate). Not impossible.
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
P: 709
6.14
11
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2
2
B
I-B
21
5.65
ΝƐⲰΚΟΡΟΥ
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3
3
✸
Mu: 104a
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4
4
Henseler 1282
22
6.76
5
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