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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/10246 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | VI |
Number | 10246 (temporary) |
Province | Egypt |
Region | Egypt |
City | Alexandria |
Reign | Severus Alexander |
Person (obv.) | Severus Alexander (Augustus) |
Issue | L B = 2 |
Dating | 222/3 |
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 Β |
Edition | (ἔτους) βʹ |
Translation | of year 2 |
Reverse design | Nilus reclining, left, head right, wearing lotus wreath, leaning left arm on hippopotamus head, holding reed and cornucopia from which emerges little Genius, left, crowning Nilus with wreath; three little Genii climb up his legs, right |
Metal | debased silver |
Average diameter | 23 mm |
Average weight | 12.72 g |
Axis | 11, 12 |
Reference | D 4340, M 2895, Geissen 2411, E 3124 (4) |
Specimens | 19 (11 in the core collections) |
Note | V 25079 has the same rev. design, and, although the date looks a bit angular as in L Α or Δ, it is not sufficiently clear to justify the existence of the type for that year. |