RPC VI, 10521 (temporary)

 

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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)
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σεο(υῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Εὐ(σεβής)
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 ΙΑ
Edition (ἔτους) ιαʹ
Translation of year 11
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
Average weight 11.66 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 4274, M 3055, Geissen 2466, E 3093 (11) a/b/d
Specimens 19 (10 in the core collections)
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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