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)
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Εὐσ(εβής)
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 Ε
Edition (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design Dikaiosyne standing facing, head left, holding scales and cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.33 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 4292, Ο 2951, Geissen 2428, Ε 3096 (5)
Specimens 36 (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     D 4293
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