RPC VI, 10246 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10246 (temporary)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue L B = 2
Dating 222/3
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 Β
Edition (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design Nilus reclining, left, head right, wearing lotus wreath, leaning left arm on hippopotamus head, holding reed and cornucopia from which emerges little Genius, left, crowning Nilus with wreath; three little Genii climb up his legs, right
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.72 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 4340, M 2895, Geissen 2411, E 3124 (4)
Specimens 19 (11 in the core collections)
Note V 25079 has the same rev. design, and, although the date looks a bit angular as in L Α or Δ, it is not sufficiently clear to justify the existence of the type for that year.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1844,0425.2476 BMC 1672
2 2     L: 1930,0502.366 BMC 3168
3 3     P: 8485008 FG 2977
4 4     B: 18206668 Löbb. 6302.4
5 5     B: 18206669 Löbb. 6302.3
6 6     C: G.1222-R
7 7     NY
10 10     O: HCR27285 M 2895
11 11     V: GR 25068
12 12     A: 6763
13 13     Gotha: 573
14 14     Cologne Geissen 2411
15 15     Osnabrück: 1680
16 16     Rome: 81869
17 17     Vat: 1048
18 18     D 4340
19 19     J. Aiello coll.
20 20     NY
21 21     NY