RPC VI, 10766


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/10766 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	10766 (temporary)
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Severus Alexander
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue	L Ɛ = 5
Dating	225/6
Obverse inscription	[Α ΚΑΙ ΜΑ ΑΥΡ] ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΕΥ
Edition	Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶ(ρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) 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 Ε
Edition	(ἔτους) εʹ
Translation	of year 5
Reverse design	Emperor on horseback advancing left, raising right hand and holding transverse sceptre
Metal	debased silver
Average diameter	22 mm
Specimens	1 (0 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸				Numisart et M. Dürr Genève (16. 11. 1998), lot 638	22			described as 'bronze' but the right size for a tetradrachm. Spotted by Keith Emmett.	Show