RPC VI, 10407 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10407 (temporary)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Julia Mamaea (Augusta)
Issue L Θ = 9
Dating 229/30
Obverse inscription ΙΟΥ ΜΑΜΑΙΑ ϹΕΒ ΜΗΤ ϹΕΒ Κ ϹΤΡΑ
Edition Ἰου(λία) Μαμαία Σεβ(αστὴ) μήτ(ηρ) Σεβ(αστοῦ) κ(αὶ) στρα(τοπέδων)
Translation Julia Mamaea Augusta, mother of Augustus and of the camps
Obverse design draped bust of Julia Mamaea wearing stephane, right
Reverse inscription L Θ
Edition (ἔτους) θʹ
Translation of year 9
Reverse design Helios bust right, radiate and draped
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.60 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 4485, BMC 1725, E 3205 (9)
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)
Note V 25127 is with this type, but year illegible it could also be of year 11, as the coin is so poor that one cannot exclude the possibility of a palm branch
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.704 BMC 1725
2 2     ✸ P: 8485045 FG 3013
3 3     G: 4442
4 4     Mu: 30668
5 5     NY: 1944.100.64727
6 6     D 4485 = Bollettino Numismatica di L. Simonetti 6, 1970, lot 177 (Figari - Mosconi 1258)
7 7     J. Aiello coll.