RPC VI, 10370 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10370 (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)
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Εὐ(σεβής)
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 Sarapis and Isis, jugate busts, right; Sarapis wears kalathos and Isis plumes
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.39 g
Axis 12
Reference D 4368, BMC 1666, E 3136 (7)
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1860,0327.201 BMC 1666
2 2     C: Lewis 2082
3 3     NY: 1944.100.64542
4 4     A: 3680 Demetrio 2459
5 5     Brussels: 1051
6 6     ✸ D 4368, DS 9957 = Naville Numismatics 82, 18 June 2023, lot 394
8 8     DS Supp. 7
9 9     J. Aiello coll.
10 10     DS 9957