what is biggest 4 digit number in base 23

What is biggest 4 digit number in base 23 ?

$$\small{\text{ The biggest 4 Digit number in base 23 is: }} \\ \small{\text{ $ 22*23^3+22*23^2+22*23^1+22*23^0 = 23^4-1 = 279840 $ }} \\\\ \small{\text{ Geometric sequence: $ s_4 = \dfrac{ a * (r^4-1) } { (r-1) } \quad a = 22, \ \quad r = 23 \qquad s_4 = \frac{ 22 * (23^4-1) } { ( 23-1) } = \frac{ 22 * (23^4-1) } { ( 22 ) } = (23^4-1) $ }}$$

23^4 - 1 or

$${{\mathtt{23}}}^{{\mathtt{4}}}{\mathtt{\,-\,}}{\mathtt{1}} = {\mathtt{279\,840}}$$

This answer is in base ten of course!