RPC VI, 10473 (temporary)

 

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10473 (temporary)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Julia Mamaea (Augusta)
Issue L I = 10
Dating 230/1
Obverse inscription ΙΟΥ ΜΑΜΑΙΑ ϹΕΒ ΜΗΤ ϹΕΒ Κ ϹΤΡΑ
Edition Ἰου(λία) Μαμαία Σεβ(αστὴ) μήτ(ηρ) Σεβ(αστοῦ) κ(αὶ) στρα(τοπέδων)
Translation Julia Mamaea Augusta, mother of Augustus and of the camps
Obverse design draped bust of Julia Mamaea wearing stephane, right
Reverse inscription L Ι
Edition (ἔτους) ιʹ
Translation of year 10
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent-staff and patera over lighted altar; behind, palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Reference E 3239 (10)
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note Confirmation required. The Peckitt coin ('Eusebeia') is not illustrated and is described as 'poor'; the only design with an altar is Ascelpius, and one might expect that it would occur for Mamaea as well as Alexander (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/50139).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mionnet S 523
2 2     Peckitt (Sotheby 21 Feb. 1929) lot 376