Reign: Abgar VIII Persons: Abgar VIII (king)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ; 2.19 g (3)

Obverse: ]ΛΙΟϹ(?) ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ϹΕ(?); laureate head of Commodus, right

Reverse: ΑΒΓΑΡΟΥ ΒΑϹΙΛΟϹ(ΥϹ)(sic) (Αs shaped as Λs); draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, right

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 ϹΕ(?); laureate head of Commodus, right

Reverse: ΑΒΓΑΡΟΥ ΒΑϹΙΛΟϹ(ΥϹ)(sic) (Αs shaped as Λs); draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, right

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 ϹΕ(?); laureate head of Commodus, right

Reverse: ΑΒΓΑΡΟΥ ΒΑϹΙΛΟϹ(ΥϹ)(sic) (Αs shaped as Λs); draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, right

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 ϹΕ(?); laureate head of Commodus, right

Reverse: ΑΒΓΑΡΟΥ ΒΑϹΙΛΟϹ(ΥϹ)(sic) (Αs shaped as Λs); draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, right

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; 2.21 g (1)

Obverse: ] ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ; laureate head of Commodus, right

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

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; 0.00 g (0)

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

Reverse: KING ABGAR (in two lines in strange halo)

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; 1.96 g (2)

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

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

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, right

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

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; 2.25 g (3)

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

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, right

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; 2.25 g (3)

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

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, right

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; 2.25 g (3)

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

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, right

Bibliography: Amorion coll. 

Diameter:  16 Weight: 1.84  

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, right

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, right

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, right

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, right

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 ΒϹΙΛΕ(sic) (Αs shaped as Λs); draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, right

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

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 ΒϹΙΛΕ(sic) (Αs shaped as Λs); draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, right

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

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

Diameter:  13 Weight: 1.81   Axis: 7 

Reign: Ma´nu VIII Persons: Lucius Verus (Augustus)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: AR; 2.97 g (1)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ; bare head of Lucius Verus, right, with drapery on left shoulder

Reverse: ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ ΜΑΝΝΟϹ ΦΙΛΟΡ; Providentia standing left, holding globe and cornucopia

Bibliography: M. Stolt coll. 

Diameter:  19 Weight: 2.97  

Reign: Ma´nu VIII Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: AR; 2.53 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ Ϲ; bare head of Marcus Aurelius, right

Reverse: ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ ΜΑΝΝΟϹ ΦΙΛΟ; helmeted Mars standing, facing, head, right, holding spear, resting arm on shield

Museum: L: British Museum, London (UK) Inventory: BMC 5, pl. XIII.10

Bibliography: E. Babelon, Mélanges Numismatiques II (1893), 234, no. 5, pl. III.5 (drawing) = Walker 3400: AR: 73.50$ 

Diameter:  18 Weight: 3.53   Axis: 6 

Reign: Ma´nu VIII Persons: Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: AR; 2.53 g (2)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ Ϲ; bare head of Marcus Aurelius, right

Reverse: ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ ΜΑΝΝΟϹ ΦΙΛΟ; helmeted Mars standing, facing, head, right, holding spear, resting arm on shield

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: 18312185, 1906 Löbbecke

Diameter:  17 Weight: 1.53   Axis: 6 

Reign: Ma´nu VIII Persons: Ma´nu VIII (king)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: AR; 2.82 g (4)

Obverse: Α Κ Λ ΑΥΡ οΥΗΡΟϹ Ϲ; bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right

Reverse: ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ ΜΑΝΝΟϹ ΦΙΛΟΡωΜΑΙϹ(sic); inscription in four lines

Museum: G: Hunterian Museum, Glasgow (UK) Inventory: III, 305, no. 3, pl. 78.32

Diameter:  17 Weight: 2.9  

Reign: Ma´nu VIII Persons: Ma´nu VIII (king)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: AR; 2.82 g (4)

Obverse: Α Κ Λ ΑΥΡ οΥΗΡΟϹ Ϲ; bare-headed bust of Lucius Verus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right

Reverse: ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ ΜΑΝΝΟϹ ΦΙΛΟΡωΜΑΙϹ(sic); inscription in four lines

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 1922

Bibliography: E. Babelon, Mélanges Numismatiques II (1893), 234, no. 7, pl. III.7 (drawing) 

Diameter:  18 Weight: 2.15   Axis: 6