12.1g and 26mm. I can read the reverse - MHTΡOΠ KAICAΡEI, ETZ in exergue, so it's Cappadocia, Caesarea, but I'm not sure about the obverse. I think it's Severus Alexander - https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6840 What do you think?
Yes, Severus Alexander. I have a similar example from year 1: Severus Alexander, AD 222-235. Roman Provincial AE 25.0 mm, 10.37 g. Cappadocia, Caesarea, AD 222/3. Obv: ΑV Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹЄΟΥ ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡ, laureate head, right; uncertain c/m behind. Rev: ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ, agalma of Mount Argaeus surmounted by star, atop altar inscribed ЄTA (= year 1). Refs: RPC VI 6735; Sydenham 537-38; BMC 298; SNG von Aulock 6510.
Nice coin - I am especially fond of the countermark. I have a similar one, with an uncertain countermark. Note that the OP has a radiate bust, while mine and RC's are laureate - this confuses me on Roman provincials - while attributing provincials I often think I have it nailed down when I have the bust type wrong. Severus Alexander Æ 26 Caesarea, Cappadocia Year 1 (222-223 A.D.) AYKMAYΡH CƐOY AΛ[ƐX]ANΔ[ΡO?] laureate and draped bust right / MHT[ΡOΠ] KAICAΡIA, Mount Argaeus on altar w. ƐTA. RPCO 6736 (sim.) Countermark: Helios head right (5 mm) (?) Howgego 12i (?). (12.81 grams / 26 mm)
ANTONIUS PIUS AR Didrachm OBVERSE: ANTWNEI-NOC CEBACTOC, laureate head right REVERSE: YPAT B PAT PATR, Helios, holding globe and sceptre, standing atop Mt. Argaeus; * in exergue Struck at Caesaria, Cappadocia, 139 AD 6.2g, 21mm Syd 301c ANTONIUS PIUS AE23 OBVERSE: [AVT]O KAI TI AIΛ AΔ[ ] (retrograde) Laureate head left REVERSE: ZEVΓMATEWN, Tetrastyle temple with peribolos containing grove and having a colonnade (only roof slabs shown) to left and right, and in front a portico or panelled wall of two storeys; all within wreath Struck at Commagene Zeugma Syria, 138-161AD 8.80g, 23mm BMC 3 GIC 1492v ANTONIUS PIUS AE20 OBVERSE: AYTOC ANTWNEUNOC CEBACTOC, laureate, draped bust right REVERSE: KAICAREW N T P ARGAI, Mt. Argaeus culminating in tall pyramidal top (baetyl?), ET Q in ex. Struck at Caesaria, Cappadocia, AD 145-146 7.4g, 20mm Syd 310 var SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS AR Drachm OBVERSE: AY Λ CЄΠ CЄOYHPOC, laureate head right REVERSE: MHTPOΠO KAICAPIAC, Mt. Argaeus surmounted by star, ETЄ in ex Struck at Cappadocia, Caesarea, Year 5=A.D. 196/7 2.58 g, 17mm Sydenham 395 GORDIAN III AR Drachm OBVERSE: AY K M ANT ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC CE, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right REVERSE: MHTPO KAIC B N, Mt. Argaeus, ETΔ in ex Struck at Cappadocia, Caesarea, Year 4=A.D. 240-241 2.96g, 18.6mm Sydenham 603d
Hadrian, uncleaned: ... and cleaned: ROMAN PROVINCIAL, Hadrianus. Denomination: AR Didrachm, minted: Caesarea, Cappadocia; 128-138 AD Obv: ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС СΕΒΑСΤΟС, laureate head of Hadrian to right Rev: ΥΠΑΤΟС Γ ΠΑΤΗΡ ΠΑΤ, Mount Argaeus surmounted by Helios standing left., holding globe in right., sceptre in left. Weight: 6.11g; Ø:2.1mm. Catalogue: RPC III, 3087; Metcalf 92a; Sydenham 263. Provenance: Ex private collection; acq.: 01-2019
