RPC IV.3, 6484 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6484 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Ma´nu VIII
Person (obv.) Ma´nu VIII (king)
Issue Ma´nu VIII Philoromaios
Dating 167–179, probably 167–169
Obverse inscription
Obverse design draped bust of Ma´nu (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, right
Reverse inscription KING MA´NV (in two lines in Estranghelo)
Reverse design
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 12 mm
Axis 1, 3, 4, 9, 12
Reference BMC 4
Specimens 7 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1927 attribution to this type not entirely certain
1 1     L: BMC 4, pl. XIII.9
2 2     P: 1926
3 3     P: 1928
4 4     ✸ L: 1974-4-15-5
5 5     B: 1880/399
6 6     Mu: 87, broken, 1.74g