RPC VI, 10322 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10322 (temporary)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Orbiana (Augusta)
Issue L Ɛ = 5
Dating 225/6
Obverse inscription ΓΝ ϹΕΙ ΕΡΕ ϹΑΛΛ ΒΑΡΒ ΟΡΒΙΑΝΗ
Obverse design draped bust of Orbiana, right
Reverse inscription L Ε
Reverse design Athena seated left, holding Nike with wreath and sceptre; beside throne, shield
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 4446, E 3265 (5)
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
Note Mi 1545 seems to be a forgery of one of these coins, whose reverse has been tooled to make the figure into that of Nike, and whose date has been altered to L Δ. It is not a convincing object.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 8485035 FG 3003
2 2     NY: 1944.100.64706
3 3     Brussels: 1085
4 4     Milan: 1545
5 5     Rome: 81926
6 6     ✸ D 4446 = Kunker 136, 10 Mar. 2008, lot 1130 = Triton 14, 4 Jan. 2011, lot 775 (Figari - Mosconi 1228)
7 7     D 4447