RPC VI, 10395 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10395 (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 Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.69 g
Axis 12
Reference D 4376, E 3139 (8)
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Note Demetrio 2470 is the same type, but could not be found in A (2014).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 8486189 1967.1823
2 2     B: 18207985 Löbb.
3 3     G: 4414
4 4     Gotha: 587
5 5     Naville Numismatics 89, 12 May 2024, lot 350 = D 4376 = Naville 44, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 336