RPC VI, 10233 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10233 (temporary)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue L A = 1
Dating 222
Obverse inscription Α ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Εὐσεβής Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆρ(ος) Ἀλέξανδρος Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Pious
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Α
Edition ἔτους αʹ (ἔτους) αʹ
Translation of year 1
Reverse design Roma seated left, on throne, wearing helmet and holding sceptre and Nike with wreath; shield
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.83 g
Axis 12
Reference D 9944, M 2882, Geissen 2403, E 3132 (1)
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Note Conventionally described as Roma: see introduction to Alexandria.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 8484916 FG 2875
2 2     NY: 1944.100.64453
3 3     NY: 1974.227.9
4 4     ✸ O: HCR27272 M 2882
5 5     A: 3616 Demetrio 2405
6 6     Cologne Geissen 2403
7 7     Osnabrück: 1675
8 8     D 9944 = Wishnevsky coll. = Kölner Münzkabinett 124, 2025, lot 235