RPC VI, 10332 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10332 (temporary)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue L ΠΕΜΠΤΟΥ = 5
Dating 225/6
Obverse inscription Α ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεουῆρ(ος) 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 ΠΕΜΠΤΟΥ
Edition (ἔτους) πέμπτου
Translation of year five
Reverse design Sarapis seated left, holding long sceptre and extending right hand over Cerberus sitting at his feet, left
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.96 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12
Reference D 4360, M 2975, Geissen 2435, E 3135 (5) b-c
Specimens 45 (23 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 1663
2 2     L BMC 1664
3 3     L: 1864,1118.691 BMC 1662
4 4     P: 8484945 FG 2908
5 5     B: 18206746, 28629/8
6 6     B: 18206744, 28803
7 7     B: 18206747, I-B
8 8     B: 18206745, Löbb.
9 9     C: 1137-1936
10 10     Cop: 633
11 11     G: 4401
12 12     Mu: 494
13 13     Mu: 494a
14 14     NY
20 20     O: HCR27357 M 2975
21 21     V: GR 25067
22 22     V: GR 25100
23 23     V: GR 25105
24 24     A: 3654 Demetrio 2437
25 25     A: AE 94, 6776/1
26 26     Birmingham: 417
27 27     Brussels: 1040
28 28     Gotha: 581
29 29     Gotha: 583
30 30     Cologne Geissen 2435
31 31     Cologne Geissen 2436
32 32     Cologne Geissen 2437
33 33     Milan: 1519
34 34     Milan: 1520
35 35     Osnabrück: 1698
36 36     Osnabrück: 1699
37 37     Rio: 1527
38 38     Rome: 81884
39 39     Vat: 1055
40 40     Washington
41 41     D 4360 = Kress 153, 1971, lot 510 ( = Figari - Mosconi 1205)
42 42     Dresden: AAC2315
43 43     D 4362 = Naville 37, 28 Jan. 2018, lot 399
44 44     D 4361
45 45     NY
46 46     NY
47 47     NY
48 48     NY
49 49     NY
50 50     Naville 75, 31 July 2022, lot 369, ex Dattari