RPC VI, 10394 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10394 (temporary)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue L Η = 8
Dating 228/9
Obverse inscription Α ΚΑΙ ΜΑ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΕΥ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶ(ρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) 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 Η
Edition (ἔτους) ηʹ
Translation of year 8
Reverse design Sarapis seated, left, holding long sceptre and extending right hand over Cerberus sitting at his feet, left; on back of throne, left, little Nike right, holding palm and wreath
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 11.80 g
Axis 12
Reference D 4365, E 3135 (8)
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note Peckitt (Sotheby 21 Feb 1929) lot 368 is described as 'bust of Serapis to left, LH': perhaps a misdescription of https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/49800? A Sarapis bust l. is found only on the coins of Maximinus, year 3 (IdType=170731872>).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Vat: 1058 Zoëga p. 270, no. 68
2 2     Curtis 1096
3 3     ✸ D 4365 = Naville Numismatics 66, 27 June 2021, lot 250