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
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L A
Reverse design Zeus head right, laureate
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
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