RPC VI, 10218 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10218 (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
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander Caesar, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L Ε
Reverse design Helios and Selene, jugate busts right; Helios is radiate; Selene wears crescent
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 4242, Ο 2825, E 3076 (5)
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1950,1006.89 BMC 3153
2 2     P: 2906
3 3     C: G.1190-R
4 4     NY: 1944.100.64431
5 5     O: HCR27250 M 2825
6 6     A: 637/1088
7 7     Osnabrück: 1670
8 8     D 4242 = Ars et Nummus 7–8, 1970, lot62 (Figari - Mosconi 1102)