RPC VI, 10461 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10461 (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(Ϲ)
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) 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 Nilus reclining left, wearing lotus wreath, leaning left arm on sphinx head, holding reed and cornucopia; in exergue, crocodile, right; in front, palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 20.55 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 4436, Geissen 2461, E 3171 (10)
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18208047 1892/333
2 2     C: G.1210-R
3 3     NY: 1944.100.64688
4 4     NY: 1944.100.64689
5 5     NY: 1944.100.64690
6 6     A: 652/1104
7 7     Cologne Geissen 2461
8 8     D 4436
9 9     DS plate 320, 11604 = Naville Numismatics 79, 12 Feb. 2023, lot 332
10 10     J. Aiello coll.