RPC VI, 10214 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #29

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10214 (temporary)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Issue L Ɛ = 5
Dating 221/2
Obverse inscription ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀλέξανδρος Καῖσαρ
Translation Marcus Aurelius Alexander Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander Caesar, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L Ε
Edition (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design Athena standing facing, head left, holding Nike and resting hand on shield
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.66 g
Axis 12
Reference D 4241 bis, M 2839, Geissen 2396, E 3073 (5)
Specimens 29 (14 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1862,0614.349 BMC 1583
2 2     L: 1914,0403.14 BMC 3154
3 3     P: 1967.1818
4 4     P: 2913
5 5     P: 2914
6 6     B: 18206640, 28664
7 7     B: 18206582, Löbb.
8 8     C: 650-1948
9 9     NY
10 10     NY: 1944.100.64429
11 11     NY: 1974.26.4078
12 12     O: HCR27254 M 2839
13 13     V: GR 25065
14 14     V: GR 25066
15 15     A: 3605 Demetrio 2396
16 16     Brussels: 1006
17 17     Gotha: 596
18 18     Gotha: 597
19 19     Cologne Geissen 2396
20 20     Milan: 1481
21 21     Osnabrück: 1668
22 22     Rome: 81833
23 23     CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 224
24 24     D 4241 bis = Kunst und Munzen 42, 1980, lot 140 (Figari - Mosconi 1101)
25 25     Emmett 211
26 26     Roma 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2377
27 27     D 4241 = Ars et Nummus 6–7, 1971, lot 201 (Figari - Mosconi 1100)
28 28     CGT coll.
29 29     ✸ A. Tomaszewski coll. , ex CNG EA 403, 9 Aug. 2017, lot 452