RPC VI, 10360 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10360 (temporary)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue L Z = 7
Dating 227/8
Obverse inscription Α ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ (ΕΥ)(Ϲ)
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Pious
Obverse design laureate, cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L Ζ
Edition (ἔτους) ζʹ
Translation year 7
Reverse design Athena bust right, wearing aegis and Corinthian helmet (griffin beneath crest)
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.85 g
Axis 12
Reference D 4272, Ε 3093 b-c/e
Specimens 11 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1974.26.4124
2 2     A: 3684 Demetrio 2462
3 3     Brussels: 1050
4 4     Osnabrück: 1708
5 5     ✸ CNG 105, 10 May 2017, lot 625
6 6     D 4272 = Kunst und Munzen XXII, 1982, lot 374 ( = Figari - Mosconi 1132)
9 9 –10     Staffieri
10 10     DS 9872 = 'VMR 4272' ( = Figari - Mosconi 1133)
11 11     DS 9873
12 12     CGT coll. = Naville Auction 18, 1 Nov. 2015, lot 311