CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea-Eusebia. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Double Unit (35.5mm, 25.37 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 (AD 223/4). AY K CЄOYH AΛЄΞANΔ, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front, gorgoneion on breastplate, left hand holding scepter over shoulder / MHTPOΠO KAICAPIAC NЄωKOP, Severus Alexander, in military dress, holding scepter in left hand and patera in right, driving slow quadriga right, decorated with crowning Nike; in upper field, Mount Argaeus; ЄT Γ (date) in exergue. Ganschow, Münzen 740; RPC VI Online 6744; Sydenham, Caesarea 546. Yellow-brown surfaces, light porosity. VF. Very rare, only three specimens known to Ganchow and RPC.
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