RPC VI, 10457 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10457 (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 ΕΥϹ(Ε)
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) 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
Translation of year 10
Reverse design Hygieia bust right, veiled and draped, wearing wreath; in front, serpent-staff combined with olive branch; behind, palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 23.24 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference D 4433, M 3040, Geissen 2458, E 3167 (10)
Specimens 16 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 1708
2 2     ✸ P: 8484971 FG 2940
3 3     P: 8538070 AA.GR.5732
4 4     G: 4424
5 5     Mu: 489
6 6     NY: 1944.100.64686
7 7     O: HCR33823 M 3040
8 8     O: HCR33824 M 3041
9 9     A: 3712 Demetriou 2478
10 10     Bologna
11 11     Cologne Geissen 2458
12 12     Milan: 1528
13 13     Osnabrück: 1719
14 14     Venice-MC: 68/23
15 15     Venice-MC: 68/24
16 16     D 4433 = Naville Auction 33, 16 July 2017, lot 263