RPC VI, 10251 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10251 (temporary)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue L Γ = 3
Dating 223/4
Obverse inscription Α ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥΗΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευῆρ(ος) Ἀλέξανδρος Εὐσεβ(ής)
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 Γ
Edition (ἔτους) γʹ
Translation of year 3
Reverse design eagle standing left, holding wreath in beak; palm branch behind wing
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.95 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference D 4415, M 2906, Geissen 2414, E 3098 (3)
Specimens 32 (15 in the core collections)
Note Gotha 575 has eagle head r.: but probably not Severus Alexander (obv. is almost illegible)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1864,1118.1002 BMC 1698
2 2     P: 8484931 FG 2891
3 3     B: 1892/96
4 4     B: 18206691, Löbb. 2651
5 5     C
6 6     C
7 7     C
8 8     Cop: 621
9 9     G: 4385
10 10     Mu: 97765
11 11     NY
14 14     O: HCR27295 M 2906
15 15     O: HCR27302 M 2914
16 16     A: 3640 Demetrio 2426 corr.
17 17     A: 3641
18 18     A: 6770
19 19     A: 6771/1
20 20     A: 947/1491
21 21     Birmingham: 407
22 22     Brussels: 1025
23 23     Cologne Geissen 2414
24 24     Milan: 1494
25 25     Osnabrück: 1683
26 26     Rome: 81918
27 27     Vat: 1071
28 28     Washington
32 32     D 4415 = Naville 42, 22 July 2018, lot 366
33 33     NY
34 34     NY
35 35     Washington
36 36     Washington
37 37     Washington