RPC VI, 10250


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/10250 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	10250 (temporary)
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Severus Alexander
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue	L Γ = 3
Dating	223/4
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 Γ
Edition	(ἔτους) γʹ
Translation	of year 3
Reverse design	Athena seated left, holding Nike with wreath and sceptre; beside throne, shield
Metal	debased silver
Average diameter	24 mm
Average weight	12.28 g
Axis	12
Reference	D 4284, M 2901, Geissen 2415, E 3095 (3)
Specimens	22 (15 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	L	BMC 1605	23	11.75	12		Show
2	2	P: 8484928	FG 2888		12.49			Show
3	3	P: AA.GR.20376			12.15		'Elagabalus'	Show
4	4	B: 18206680, Löbb. 2631		22	12.32	12		Show
5	5	C			12.55	12		Show
6	6	Cop: 620			11.41		(Roma)	Show
7	7	G: 4383						Show
8	8	Mu: 482			12.64			Show
9	9	NY						Show
12	12	NY: 1944.100.64676			10.55	12	read as year 10 (= E 3093), but there is no palm branch and a poor Γ seems more likely	Show
13	13	O: HCR27290	M 2901	24	12.82			Show
14	14	O: HCR27296	M 2908	24	12.78			Show
15	15	V: GR 25084						Show
16	16	A: 3637	Demetrio 2423		12.41		'Rome-Nicéphore'	Show
17	17	A: 640/1091			13.44			Show
18	18	A: 6769			12.40			Show
19	19	Cologne	Geissen 2415	23	11.76	12		Show
20	20	Milan: 1495		25	13.32	12		Show
21	21	Rome: 81847		24	11.63	12		Show
22	22		D 4284	23				Show
23	23	NY						Show
24	24	NY						Show