Æ22 - Severus Alexander ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ (or ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ) ΚΑΙϹΑΡ (ΑϹ) ΕΤ Γ

Caesarea in Cappadocia held the title of metropolis under Roman administration and struck provincial bronze with conspicuous civic pride, the ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ legend serving as an assertion of regional precedence over rival Cappadocian cities. The ΕΤ Γ notation places this piece in year three of Severus Alexander's reign, a dating convention Caesarea maintained more consistently than most eastern mints. Severus Alexander came to power at fourteen following the assassination of Elagabalus, his own cousin, engineered largely by his grandmother Julia Mamaea.