RPC VI, 10420 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10420 (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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Εὐσεβής Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Εὐ(σεβής)
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 (ἔτους) ιʹ
Translation of year 10
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia; behind, palm branch
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.24 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 4377,O 3027, BMC 1639, E 3139 (10)
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1860,0327.202 BMC 1639
2 2     NY
5 5     O: HCR27403 M 3027
6 6     Naville Numismatics 93, 15 Dec. 2024, lot 459 = D 4377 = Naville 41, 24 June 2018, lot 366
7 7     Naville 40, 27 May 2018, lot 321 = Naville Numismatics 73, 8 May 2022, lot 257
8 8     C. Jackson-Jacobs coll. = Nomos Obolos 42, 3 May 2026, lot 734 (ex J. Aiello coll.) = Gemini XIII, 6 Apr. 2017, lot 472 (part of, ex R. L. Grover coll., Art Institute of Chicago no. 1984.1680) = DS 9961
9 9     NY
10 10     NY