RPC VI, 6741


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6741 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VI
Number	6741 (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 ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design	laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΜΗΤΡΟΠ(ΟΛ) ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ, ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ ΕΤ Γ
Reverse design	Mount Argaeus, surmounted by figure, between star and crescent; below, two prize crowns with small temple between
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	36 mm
Axis	12
Reference	Ganschow 738b
Specimens	4 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	B: 18247542	Löbbecke	36	27.50	12	Obv.: GIC — (uncertain)	Show
2	2	V-ON	Leypold 2804	35	24.85	12	year illegible, but the die link implies year 3	Show
3	3		Henseler 1136				Obv.: GIC — (uncertain)	Show
4	4		Henseler 1137				Obv.: GIC 12i (Helios (?), radiate head r.)	Show