RPC VI, 10237 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10237 (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 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
Translation of year 1
Reverse design Zeus head right, laureate
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 13.92 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 4386, M 2872, E 3144–44A (1)
Specimens 16 (10 in the core collections)
Note BMC 3155 was read as year 4, but the numeral looks as if it has a cross-bar, i.e. year 1. Dattari read D 4386bis as L Δ, and the Athens coin https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/ also looks like Δ, but Keith Emmett points out that the portrait is more like those of year 1 on both coins.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.660 BMC 1590
2 2     L: 1950,1006.90 BMC 3155 corr.
3 3     B: 18206650, Löbb. 6302.3
4 4     C: G.1211-R
5 5     G: 4374
6 6     NY: 1944.100.64447
7 7     NY: 1944.100.64448
8 8     NY: 1976.26.4085
9 9     O: HCR27262 M 2872
10 10     O: HCR27263 M 2873
11 11     A: 3160 Demetrio 2401
12 12     ✸ A: 641/1092
13 13     Brussels: 1009
14 14     Vat: 1050
15 15     D 4386 = Naville Numismatics 71, 13 Feb. 2022, lot 254
16 16     D4386bis corr. (L Δ) = Naville 34, 17 Sept. 2017, lot 311