RPC VI, 10572 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10572 (temporary)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue L IB = 12
Dating 232/3
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 ΙΒ
Edition (ἔτους) ιβʹ
Translation of year 12
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia; behind, palm branch
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.79 g
Axis 12
Reference D 4379, M 3112, Geissen 2481, E3139 (12)
Specimens 20 (10 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.675 BMC 1641
2 2     P: 1967.1815
3 3     P: 2975
4 4     B: 1892/96
5 5     C
6 6     NY
9 9     O: HCR27444 M 3112
10 10     O: HCR27446 M 3114
11 11     V: GR 25138
12 12     A: 3752 Demetrio 2506
13 13     Brussels: 1073
14 14     Cologne Geissen 2481
15 15     Rome: 81890
16 16     Washington
17 17     Washington
18 18     ✸ CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 242
19 19     D 4379 Naville 39, 29 Apr. 2018, lot 381
20 20     Kölner Münzkabinett 122, 4 Oct. 2024, lot 678 = DS 9963
21 21     NY
22 22     DS 12349 = Naville Numismatics 69, 14 Nov. 2021, lot 244