RPC VI, 10298 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #40

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10298 (temporary)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue L Ɛ = 5
Dating 225/6
Obverse inscription Α ΚΑΙ ΜΑ(Ρ) ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΕΥ(Ϲ)
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Ε
Reverse design Dikaiosyne standing facing, head left, holding scales and cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 4292, Ο 2951, Geissen 2428, Ε 3096 (5)
Specimens 37 (20 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 1617
2 2     P: 8486164 1967.1798
3 3     P: 2920
4 4     B: 18206780 Löbb.
5 5     B: 18206782 1892/96
6 6     B: 1892/96
7 7     C
8 8     C
9 9     Cop: 628
10 10     G: 4395
11 11     Mu: 484
12 12     NY
15 15     O: HCR27338 M 2951
16 16     O: HCR27339 M 2952
17 17     O: HCR27340 M 2953
18 18     O: HCR27341 M 2954
19 19     V: GR 25097
20 20     V: GR 25098
21 21     A: 3661 Demetrio 2442
22 22     A: 6778
23 23     A: 6781
24 24     Birmingham: 412
25 25     Blackburn: 1273
26 26     Brussels: 1032
27 27     Cologne Geissen 2428
28 28     Cologne Geissen 2429
29 29     Milan: 1513
30 30     Osnabrück: 1693
31 31     Rome: 81853
32 32     Vat: 1036
33 33 –34     D 4292–3
36 36     DS 9888
37 37     Dresden: AAC2345
38 38     NY
39 39     NY
40 40     ✸ DS 9889 = Kölner Münzkabinett, EA 7, 5 Jun. 2021, lot 203