RPC VI, 6852 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
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 ϹΕΟΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝ
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(ΛΕωϹ) ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ ΝΕωΚ(ΟΡΟΥ) ΕΤ 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.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 709
2 2     B I-B
3 3     ✸ Mu: 104a
4 4     Henseler 1282