RPC VI, 10458 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10458 (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
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Ι
Reverse design Julia Mamaea seated left, on throne, holding Nike with wreath and sceptre; in front, palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference M 3047, Geissen 2459, E 3168 (10)
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note J.G. Milne, 'Some Alexandrian coins', JEA 4 (1917), pp. 177-86 (with pl. XXXVI.3), at 183: 'here the empress is shown in the guise of Athene or Roma; unless it is to be supposed that this is a variant on the common type of the emperor holding a figure of Nike, in which event this is an instance, unparallelled on Roman coins, of an empress taking the place of an emperor in his military capacity.'

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR33830 M 3047
2 2     A: 3719 Demetriou 2482
3 3     A: 654/1107
4 4     ✸ Cologne Geissen 2459
5 5     J. Aiello coll.