RPC VI, 10452


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/10452 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	10452 (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 ΑΥ(Ρ) ϹΕΥ(Η) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΕΥϹ
Edition	Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) 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	griffin seated right, placing left forepaw on wheel; below, palm branch
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	32 mm
Average weight	15.26 g
Axis	12
Reference	D 4445, Ε 3163 (10)
Specimens	6 (3 in the core collections)
Note	The coins generally seem a bit smaller and lighter than normal drachms, but they do not look like the lightweight 'cast forgeries' of drachms that are quite frequently found: could they be hemidrachms?

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	P: 8484987	FG 2956		21.32		Α ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥ ϹƐΥΗ ΑΛƐΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ƐΥϹ	Show
2	2	Cop: 644		33	15.02			Show
3	3	NY: 1944.100.64699		31	15.58	12		Show
4	4	A: 3724	Demetriou 2486		6.96		cast forgery; but 'cette rare pièce, très mince, devait avoir la valeur de la moitié des neuf pièces [= Demetriou 2477-85] ci-dessus'	Show
5	5	Bologna						Show
6	6		D 4445 = Naville Numismatics 69, 14 Nov. 2021, lot 242	32.5	17.41			Show