RPC VI, 10411 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10411 (temporary)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue L I = 10
Dating 230/1
Obverse inscription Α ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΕΥ(Ϲ)
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Ι
Reverse design Athena bust right, draped and wearing Attic helmet decorated with griffin and quadriga; to right, palm branch
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 4278, M 3025, E 3093 (10)
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G: 4419
2 2     O: HCR27402 M 3025
3 3     A: 3698 Demetrio 2472
4 4     Osnabrück: 1714
5 5     Rio: 1058
6 6     D 4278 = Kunst und Munzen 15, 1971, lot 89 ( = Figari - Mosconi 1139)
8 8     ✸ NAC 88, 8 Oct. 2015, lot 477 = Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles 104, 12 June 2018, lot 3333
9 9     DS 9879 = Ars et Nummus 7–8, 1970, lot 72 ( = Figari - Mosconi 1140)