RPC VI, 10414 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10414 (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 Helios and Selene, jugate busts right; Helios is radiate; Selene wears crescent.; in front, palm branch
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 11.80 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 4304, E 3106 (10)
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 8484975 FG 2944
2 2     B: 18208010 1891/434
3 3     A: 3699
4 4     Milan: 1527
5 5     CNG 31 lot 1405
6 6     Curtis additional = Empire MBS, 30 May 1984, lot 96
7 7     Kölner Münzkabinett 122, 4 Oct. 2024, lot 666 = D 4304 = Hess 251, 1981, lot 182 ( = Figari - Mosconi 1163)
8 8     DS 12337 = Ars et Nummus 5–6, 1978, lot 206 ( = Figari - Mosconi 1164)
9 9     DS 12338