RPC VI, 10521 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #20

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10521 (temporary)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue L IA = 11
Dating 231/2
Obverse inscription Α ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ (Ε)(Υ)
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΑ
Reverse design Athena bust right, wearing aegis and Corinthian helmet (griffin under the crest); to right, palm branch
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 4274, M 3055, Geissen 2466, E 3093 (11) a/b/d
Specimens 19 (10 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 1601
2 2     B: 18208059 1892/96
3 3     Cop: 645
4 4     G: 4425
5 5     Mu: 490
6 6     NY
8 8     O: HCR27413 M 3055
9 9     O: HCR27414 M 3056
10 10     V: GR 25071
11 11     A: 3729 Demetrio 2491
12 12     Brussels: 1063
13 13     Cologne Geissen 2466
14 14     Rome: 81901
15 15     D 4274
16 16     DS 9875 = Ars et Nummus 4–6, 1977, lot 339 ( = Figari - Mosconi 1135)
17 17     DS 9876 = Hess 251, 1981, lot 183 ( = Figari - Mosconi 1136)
18 18     DS 9877 = Bollettino Numismatica di L. Simonetti 6, 1970, lot 172 ( = Figari - Mosconi 1137)
19 19     NY
20 20     ✸ A. Tomaszewski coll., ex Gorny 302