RPC VI, 10453 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10453 (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 ΕΥ(Ϲ)(Ε)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Εὐσεβής Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆ(ρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Εὐσε(βής)
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 Helios and Selene, jugate busts right; Helios is radiate; Selene wears crescent.; in front, palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 21.70 g
Axis 12
Reference D 4429, M 3038, E 3164 (10)
Specimens 13 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1950,1006.228 BMC 3174
2 2     P: 8484974 FG 2943
3 3     P: 2944
4 4     Mu: 395
5 5     O: HCR33822 M 3038a
6 6     V: GR 25119
7 7     A: 3713
8 8     CNA 13, lot 144 = M&M Deutschland 12, lot 63
9 9     D 4429 = Naville Numismatics 63, 7 Feb. 2021, lot 350
10 10     DS plate 320, 11603
11 11 –12     J. Aiello coll.
12 12     CNG Triton XXIX, 13 Jan. 2026, lot 607 = CNG 41 (19 March 1997), lot 1202 = Curtis Collection, no. 25987