RPC VI, 10612 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10612 (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
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
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 Nike advancing left, holding trophy and wreath; in front, palm branch
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.64 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 4324, BMC 1634, M 3147, E 3119 (13)
Specimens 15 (6 in the core collections)
Note For a variant with palm instead of trophy, see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/50118 = O 3146.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.679 BMC 1634
2 2     P: 8485020 FG 2988
3 3     B: 18208109, Löbb.
4 4     NY
6 6     ✸ O: HCR27466 M 3147
7 7     A: 3771 Demetrio 2524
8 8     A: 3772
9 9     A: 3773
10 10     A: 6792
11 11     Birmingham: 432
12 12     Brussels: 1077
13 13     Osnabrück: 1735
14 14     Kölner Münzkabinett 122, 4 Oct. 2024, lot 680 = D 4324
15 15     J. Aiello coll.
16 16     NY