RPC VI, 10337 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10337 (temporary)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue L Ϛ = 6
Dating 226/7
Obverse inscription Α ΚΑ(Ι) ΜΑ(Ρ) ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΕΥ(Ϲ)
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Εὐσ(εβής)
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 Ϛ
Edition (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation of year 6
Reverse design Homonoia standing facing, head left, holding double cornucopia and raising right hand
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.37 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 4308, M 2989, E 3110 (6)
Specimens 14 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 1624
2 2     L: 1902,0404.9 BMC 3160
3 3     B: 18206805, Löbb.
4 4     Mu: 485
5 5     ✸ Mu: 63175
6 6     NY
8 8     O: HCR27371 M 2989
9 9     V: GR 25108
10 10     A: 3673 Demetrio 2453
11 11     Brussels: 1044
12 12     Osnabrück: 1704
13 13     Rome: 81906
14 14     D 4308 = Kunst und Munzen 43, 1980, lot 191 ( = Figari - Mosconi 1167)
15 15     NY