RPC VI, 6745 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 6745 (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 Μ ϹΕΟΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκον) Σεουῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρ(ος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑϹ Ν, ΕΤ Γ
Edition Μητροπό(λεως) Καισαρίας ν(εωκόρου) ἔτ(ους) γʹ
Translation of the metropolis Caesarea, neocorate, of year 3
Reverse design Sarapis, draped and standing left, raising arm and holding agalma of Mount Argaeus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 25.24 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Ganschow 741a
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B B-I
2 2     ✸ B Löbbecke
3 3     Henseler 1138, ex CNG 54, 2000, lot 1165 ex Finarte 1996, lot 1130 ex Santamaria 1953 (Signorelli) lot 907
4 4     CNG EA 511, 9 Mar. 2022, lot 249