RPC VI, 10448 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 10448 (temporary)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue L I = 10
Dating 230/1
Obverse inscription Α ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΕΥ(Ϲ)(Ε)
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Εὐσε(βής)
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 Ι
Edition (ἔτους) ιʹ
Translation of year 10
Reverse design eagle standing right, head left, holding wreath in beak; to left, palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 20.94 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference D 4444, M 3046, Geissen 2453, E 3158 (10)
Specimens 19 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.991 BMC 1712
2 2     NY: 1944.100.64697
3 3     NY: 1944.100.64698
4 4     O: HCR33829 M 3046
5 5     A: 3715 Demetriou 2485 corr.
6 6     A: 3723
7 7     A: 6786
8 8     Bologna
9 9     Frankfurt: 856
10 10     Cologne Geissen 2453
11 11     Osnabrück: 1717
12 12 –13     D 4444, DS 10011
14 14     J. Aiello coll.
15 15     Gitbud & Naumann 38, 6 Dec. 2015, lot 663
16 16     Staffieri
17 17     Naville 40, 27 May 2018, lot 322
18 18     ✸ Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 289
19 19     Elsen 151, 10 June 2022, lot 655