RPC VI, 10226 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #22

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10226 (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 Sarapis standing, facing., head right, holding long sceptre
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.34 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference D 4247, M 2859, Geissen 2398, E 3082 (5)
Specimens 24 (14 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.654 BMC 1585
2 2     P: 1967.1794
3 3     P: 2910
4 4     P: 2911
5 5     B: 1892/96
6 6     C: G.1205-R
7 7     G: 4368
8 8     G: 4369
9 9     NY: 1944.100.64432
10 10     NY: 1944.100.64433
11 11     NY: 1974.26.4079
12 12     NY: 1995.11.1276
13 13     NY: 1995.11.1702
14 14     O: HCR27258 M 2859
15 15     A: 3606 Demetrio 2397
16 16     Brussels: 1009
17 17     Cologne Geissen 2398
18 18     Milan: 1482
19 19     Osnabrück: 1672
20 20     Rome: 81834
21 21     Vat: 1022
22 22     ✸ CNG MBS 79, 17 Sept. 2008, lot 735
23 23     D 4247 = Ars et Nummus 1–2, 1972, lot 223 ( = Figari - Mosconi 1107)
24 24     CGT coll.