RPC VI, 10333 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10333 (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 and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΠΕΜΠΤΟΥ
Edition (ἔτους) πέμπτου
Translation of year five
Reverse design Sarapis standing facing., head left, holding long transverse sceptre, raising right hand
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.92 g
Axis 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12
Reference D 4357, M 2970, Geissen 2434, E 3134 (5)
Specimens 43 (25 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 1659
2 2     P: 8484946 FG 2909
3 3     B: 18206754, 27939
4 4     B: 18206751, I-B
5 5     B: 18206752, Löbb.
6 6     B: 18206750, Löbb.
7 7     C: 859-1950
8 8     C: 860-1950
9 9     Cop: 632
10 10     Mu: 492
12 12     NY
18 18     O: HCR27352 M 2970
23 23     V: GR 25101
24 24     V: GR 25089
25 25     V: GR 25106
26 26     A: 3655 Demetrio 2438
27 27     A: 3656
28 28     A: 6776
29 29     Birmingham: 416
30 30     Brussels: 1038
31 31     Brussels: 1039
32 32     Cologne Geissen 2434
33 33     Milan: 1517
34 34     Milan: 1518
35 35     Osnabrück: 1700
36 36     Osnabrück: 1701
37 37     Rome: 81881
38 38     D 4357 = MMAG 26, 1996, lot 455 ( = Figari - Mosconi 1200)
39 39     Perpignan: 259
40 40     DS 9952 = Bickelmann 27, 1972, lot 545 ( = Figari - Mosconi 1201)
41 41     O: HCR27353 M 2971
42 42     O: HCR27354 M 2972
43 43     O: HCR27355 M 2973
44 44     O: HCR27356 M 2974
45 45     Mu: 493
46 46     CGT coll. = Roma Numismatics May Auction, 21 May 2013, lot 949
47 47     T. Mullally coll.
48 48     NY
49 49     NY
50 50     NY
51 51     NY
52 52     NY
53 53     Naville Numismatics 81, 7 May 2023, lot 430, ex Dattari