RPC VI, 10304 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10304 (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 ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΕΥ(ϹΕΒ)
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶ(ρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) 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 Ε
Edition (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design Sarapis bust right, draped and wearing kalathos
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.19 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 4349, Ο 2963, BMC 1652, Ε 3133 (5) a-b
Specimens 12 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.666 BMC 1652
2 2     B: 18206765, Löbb.
3 3     NY
5 5     ✸ NY: 1937.999.307
6 6     O: HCR27346 M 2963
7 7     A: 644/1095
8 8     Brussels: 1034
9 9 –10     D 4349
11 11     DS 9945 = Naville, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 458 = Naville Numismatics 82, 18 June 2023, lot 393
12 12     Dresden: AAC2314
13 13     NY