RPC VI, 10509


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	VI
Number	10509 (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 (?)
Edition	Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation	Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
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	Tyche standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia; behind, palm branch
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	24 mm
Average weight	9.11 g
Reference	DS 10006, E 3187 (10)
Specimens	2 (0 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			A: 650/1018		24	9.11		A close examination of the coin suggests it is a figure of Tyche standing (rather than a seated figure). The rudder can just be made out; the corncuopia and the kalathos confirm the identification.	Show
2	2				DS 10006	24			year indication not clearly visible	Show