RPC VI, 10219


Image of specimen #8

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/10219 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	10219 (temporary)
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Elagabalus
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Issue	L Ɛ = 5
Dating	221/2
Obverse inscription	ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition	Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀλέξανδρος Καῖσαρ
Translation	Marcus Aurelius Alexander Caesar
Obverse design	bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander Caesar, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription	L Ε
Edition	(ἔτους) εʹ
Translation	of year 5
Reverse design	Hermanubis bust right, radiate and wearing kalathos and lotus petal, palm over shoulder; in front, winged caduceus combined with palm branch
Metal	debased silver
Average diameter	24 mm
Average weight	13.09 g
Axis	12
Reference	D 4243, Ο 2830, BMC 1586, E 3077 (5)
Specimens	15 (8 in the core collections)
Note	The head combines Helios and Hermanubis