RPC VI, 10306 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #15

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10306 (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
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶ(ρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Εὐ(σεβής)
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 Tyche reclining left, on garlanded lectisternium, wearing kalathos and holding rudder
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.17 g
Axis 12
Reference D 4384, BMC 1646, M 2962, E 3140 (5)
Specimens 16 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 1646
2 2     P: AA.GR.20450
3 3     P: 2918
4 4     B: 18206792, Löbb.
5 5     C
6 6     Cop: 629
7 7     G: 4398
8 8     NY: 1944.100.64507
9 9     O: HCR27345 M 2962
10 10     A: 3662
11 11     A: 3665 Demetrio 2447
12 12     Milan: 1515
13 13     Osnabrück: 1695
14 14     Rome: 81893
15 15     ✸ D 4384 = Naville 37, 28 Jan. 2018, lot 398
16 16     J. Aiello coll.