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)
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Pious
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Ι
Edition (ἔτους) ιʹ
Translation of year 10
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
Average weight 12.30 g
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)