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
Obverse design draped bust of Julia Mamaea wearing stephane, right
Reverse inscription L Ι
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).

Specimens of this coin type

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