RPC VI, 10605 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #18

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10605 (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 eagle standing right, head left, holding wreath in beak; to right or left, palm branch
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.40 g
Axis 12
Reference D 4414, M 3161, E 3100 (13)
Specimens 18 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1950,1006.102 BMC 3173
2 2     B: 18208123, Löbb.
3 3     C
4 4     G: 4439
5 5     NY: 1944.100.64659
6 6     O: HCR27476 M 3161
7 7     O: HCR27477 M 3162
8 8     O: HCR27478 M 3163
9 9     A: 3776
10 10     A: 3777 Demetrio 2527
11 11     Birmingham: 436
12 12     Rome: 81917
13 13     Vat: 1082
14 14     Washington
15 15     D 4414 = Ars et Nummus 10–11, 1978, lot 309 (Figari - Mosconi 1214)
18 18     ✸ J. Aiello coll.
19 19     Kölner Münzkabinett 122, 4 Oct. 2024, lot 682 = DS 9990
20 20     DS 12353 = Naville Numismatics 46, 27 Jan. 2019, lot 310