Reign: Abgar VIII Persons: Abgar VIII (king)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ; 1.85 g (26)

Obverse: (ΑV(Τ)) ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ (Αs may be shaped as Λs); laureate head of Commodus, r.

Reverse: ΑΒΓΑΡΟϹ ΒΑϹΙΛƐ(VϹ) (Αs may be shaped as Λs); draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, r.

Museum: O: Oxford, Ashmolean Museum (UK) Inventory: 

Diameter:  15 Weight: 1.61   Axis: 6 

Reign: Abgar VIII Persons: Abgar VIII (king)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ; 1.85 g (26)

Obverse: (ΑV(Τ)) ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ (Αs may be shaped as Λs); laureate head of Commodus, r.

Reverse: ΑΒΓΑΡΟϹ ΒΑϹΙΛƐ(VϹ) (Αs may be shaped as Λs); draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, r.

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: 17038

Diameter:  15 Weight: 1.86   Axis: 6 

Reign: Abgar VIII Persons: Abgar VIII (king)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ; 1.85 g (26)

Obverse: (ΑV(Τ)) ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ (Αs may be shaped as Λs); laureate head of Commodus, r.

Reverse: ΑΒΓΑΡΟϹ ΒΑϹΙΛƐ(VϹ) (Αs may be shaped as Λs); draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, r.

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: v. Knobelsdorff, perhaps additional obverse legend variation: ΚΑΙСΑΡ [ΑΝ or ΑV?] ΚΟΜΟΔΟС

Diameter:  15 Weight: 2.02   Axis: 6 

Reign: Abgar VIII Persons: Abgar VIII (king)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ; 1.85 g (26)

Obverse: (ΑV(Τ)) ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ (Αs may be shaped as Λs); laureate head of Commodus, r.

Reverse: ΑΒΓΑΡΟϹ ΒΑϹΙΛƐ(VϹ) (Αs may be shaped as Λs); draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, r.

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: v. Knobelsdorff, reverse legend with ΑΒΓΑΡΟV

Diameter:  15 Weight: 1.73   Axis: 5 

Reign: Abgar VIII Persons: Abgar VIII (king)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ; 2.19 g (3)

Obverse: ]ΛΙΟϹ(?) ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ϹƐ(?); laureate head of Commodus, r.

Reverse: ΑΒΓΑΡΟV ΒΑϹΙΛΟϹ(VϹ)(sic) (Αs shaped as Λs); draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, r.

Museum: L: British Museum, London (UK) Inventory: BMC 10

Diameter:  16 Weight: 2.13   Axis: 6 

Reign: Abgar VIII Persons: Abgar VIII (king)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ; 2.19 g (3)

Obverse: ]ΛΙΟϹ(?) ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ϹƐ(?); laureate head of Commodus, r.

Reverse: ΑΒΓΑΡΟV ΒΑϹΙΛΟϹ(VϹ)(sic) (Αs shaped as Λs); draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, r.

Museum: Cop: Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen (Denmark) Inventory: 194

Diameter:  15 Weight: 2.28   Axis: 6 

Reign: Abgar VIII Persons: Abgar VIII (king)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ; 2.19 g (3)

Obverse: ]ΛΙΟϹ(?) ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ϹƐ(?); laureate head of Commodus, r.

Reverse: ΑΒΓΑΡΟV ΒΑϹΙΛΟϹ(VϹ)(sic) (Αs shaped as Λs); draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, r.

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: (Fox)

Diameter:  15 Weight: 2.17   Axis: 6 

Reign: Abgar VIII Persons: Abgar VIII (king)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ; 2.19 g (3)

Obverse: ]ΛΙΟϹ(?) ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ϹƐ(?); laureate head of Commodus, r.

Reverse: ΑΒΓΑΡΟV ΒΑϹΙΛΟϹ(VϹ)(sic) (Αs shaped as Λs); draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, r.

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: I-B, broken, 2.01g, both legends mostly obscure, attribution to this type uncertain

Diameter:  15 Axis: 6 

Reign: Abgar VIII Persons: Abgar VIII (king)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ; 1.76 g (1)

Obverse: (obverse legend obscure); laureate head of Commodus, r.

Reverse: ]ΒΟVΙϹ[; draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, r.

Museum: O: Oxford, Ashmolean Museum (UK) Inventory: 

Diameter:  15 Weight: 1.76   Axis: 6 

Reign: Abgar VIII Persons: Abgar VIII (king)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ; 2.21 g (1)

Obverse: ] ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ; laureate head of Commodus, r.

Reverse: ΑΒΓΑ[ΡΟϹ?] [Β]ΑϹΙΛΟƐΑϹ(sic) (Αs shaped as Λs); draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, r.

Museum: NY: American Numismatic Society, New York (USA) Inventory: 1984.66.477

Diameter:  14 Weight: 2.21   Axis: 6 

Reign: Abgar VIII Persons: Abgar VIII (king)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ; 1.57 g (1)

Obverse: ] ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ; laureate head of Commodus, r.

Reverse: ΑΒ[ΓΑ]ΡΟV [ΒΑ]ϹΙΛƐV; draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, r.

Museum: NY: American Numismatic Society, New York (USA) Inventory: 1944.100.65856

Diameter:  14 Weight: 1.57   Axis: 6 

Reign: Abgar VIII Persons: Abgar VIII (king)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ; 0.00 g (0)

Obverse: draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, r.

Reverse: KING ABGAR (in two lines in Estranghelo)

Bibliography: Ex private coll. Marquis de Vogüé = Marquis de Vogüé, RN 1892, p. 210 = E. Babelon, Mélanges Numismatiques II (Paris, 1893), 246, no. 14, pl. IV.1 

Diameter:  12

Reign: Abgar VIII Persons: Abgar VIII (king)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ; 2.46 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΒΓΑΡΟϹ ΒΑ[ (Αs shaped as Λs); draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara with crest of hook-shaped ornaments, r.

Reverse: ΜΑΝΝΟϹ ΠΑΙϹ (Αs shaped as Λ, Μ may be inverted and Νs may be shaped as Иs); draped bust of Ma´nu (youthful) wearing tiara with crest of hook-shaped ornaments, r.

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 1984 (coll. Jean-Jacques Barthélemy)

Diameter:  16 Weight: 2.61   Axis: 6 

Reign: Abgar VIII Persons: Abgar VIII (king)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ; 2.46 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΒΓΑΡΟϹ ΒΑ[ (Αs shaped as Λs); draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara with crest of hook-shaped ornaments, r.

Reverse: ΜΑΝΝΟϹ ΠΑΙϹ (Αs shaped as Λ, Μ may be inverted and Νs may be shaped as Иs); draped bust of Ma´nu (youthful) wearing tiara with crest of hook-shaped ornaments, r.

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 1985 (coll. Jean-Jacques Barthélemy)

Diameter:  16 Weight: 2.3   Axis: 6 

Reign: Abgar VIII Persons: Abgar VIII (king)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ; 1.96 g (2)

Obverse: [ΑΒ]ΓΑΡΟϹ ΒΑϹΛΙΔΟϹ(sic); draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, r.

Reverse: ΜΑИИΟϹ; draped bust of Ma´nu (youthful) wearing tiara with crest of hook-shaped ornaments, r.

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 1987

Diameter:  15 Weight: 1.38   Axis: 6 

Reign: Abgar VIII Persons: Abgar VIII (king)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ; 1.96 g (2)

Obverse: [ΑΒ]ΓΑΡΟϹ ΒΑϹΛΙΔΟϹ(sic); draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, r.

Reverse: ΜΑИИΟϹ; draped bust of Ma´nu (youthful) wearing tiara with crest of hook-shaped ornaments, r.

Museum: NY: American Numismatic Society, New York (USA) Inventory: 1944.100.65859

Diameter:  16 Weight: 2.54   Axis: 6 

Reign: Abgar VIII Persons: Abgar VIII (king)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ; 1.78 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΒΓΑΡοϹ ΒΑϹΙ[ (Αs shaped as Λs); draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, r.

Reverse: ΜΑΝΝοϹ (Α shaped as Λ, Νs may be shaped as Иs); draped bust of Ma´nu (youthful) wearing tiara with crest of hook-shaped ornaments, r.

Museum: L: British Museum, London (UK) Inventory: BMC 37, pl. XIV.9 (rev.)

Diameter:  14 Weight: 2.07   Axis: 6 

Reign: Abgar VIII Persons: Abgar VIII (king)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ; 1.78 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΒΓΑΡοϹ ΒΑϹΙ[ (Αs shaped as Λs); draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, r.

Reverse: ΜΑΝΝοϹ (Α shaped as Λ, Νs may be shaped as Иs); draped bust of Ma´nu (youthful) wearing tiara with crest of hook-shaped ornaments, r.

Museum: Mu: Staatliche Münzsammlung, Munich (Germany) Inventory: 86

Diameter:  15 Weight: 1.48   Axis: 6 

Reign: Abgar VIII Persons: Abgar VIII (king)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ; 1.99 g (2)

Obverse: [ΑΒΓ]ΑΡοϹ ΒϹΙΛƐ(sic) (Αs shaped as Λs); draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, r.

Reverse: ΜΑИИοϹ (Α shaped as Λ); draped bust of Ma´nu (youthful) wearing tiara with crest of hook-shaped ornaments, r.

Museum: L: British Museum, London (UK) Inventory: BMC 36, pl. XIV.8

Diameter:  15 Weight: 2.16   Axis: 6 

Reign: Abgar VIII Persons: Abgar VIII (king)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ; 1.99 g (2)

Obverse: [ΑΒΓ]ΑΡοϹ ΒϹΙΛƐ(sic) (Αs shaped as Λs); draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, r.

Reverse: ΜΑИИοϹ (Α shaped as Λ); draped bust of Ma´nu (youthful) wearing tiara with crest of hook-shaped ornaments, r.

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: (Löbb)

Diameter:  13 Weight: 1.81   Axis: 7