RPC VI, 10600 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10600 (temporary)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue L ΙΓ = 13
Dating 233/4
Obverse inscription Α ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ (Ε)
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Ε(ὐσεβής)
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 ΙΓ
Edition (ἔτους) ιγʹ
Translation of year 13
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent-staff and patera over lighted altar; behind, palm branch
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.12 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 4271, M 3137, E 3092 (13)
Specimens 16 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2980
2 2     B: 18208110 1892/96
3 3     B: 18208111, Löbb.
4 4     C
5 5     NY: 1944.100.64637
6 6     NY: 1973.56.1040
7 7     ✸ O: HCR27461 M 3137
8 8     O: HCR27462 M 3138
9 9     V: GR 25145
10 10     A: 3762 Demetrio 2516
11 11     Milan: 1542
12 12     Osnabrück: 1733
13 13     Rome: 81842
14 14     D 4271
15 15     DS 9870
16 16     DS 9871 = Bollettino Numismatica di L. Simonetti 6, 1970, lot 170 ( = Figari - Mosconi 1131)