Reign: Severus Alexander Persons: Severus Alexander (Augustus)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ (26 mm); 9.64 g (32)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕ(Υ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ(Β); laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΜΗΤ ΚΟ(Λ) ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ; Tyche of the City seated on basis, left, holding grains; at her feet, lighted altar; on either side, star; below, river god swimming, right

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 1170

Diameter:  25 Weight: 9.51  

Reign: Severus Alexander Persons: Severus Alexander (Augustus)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ (26 mm); 9.64 g (32)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕ(Υ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ(Β); laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΜΗΤ ΚΟ(Λ) ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ; Tyche of the City seated on basis, left, holding grains; at her feet, lighted altar; on either side, star; below, river god swimming, right

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 1966.453

Diameter:  25 Weight: 9.21  

Reign: Severus Alexander Persons: Severus Alexander (Augustus)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ (26 mm); 9.64 g (32)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕ(Υ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ(Β); laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΜΗΤ ΚΟ(Λ) ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ; Tyche of the City seated on basis, left, holding grains; at her feet, lighted altar; on either side, star; below, river god swimming, right

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 2049

Diameter:  25 Weight: 8.94  

Reign: Severus Alexander Persons: Severus Alexander (Augustus)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ (26 mm); 9.64 g (32)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕ(Υ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ(Β); laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΜΗΤ ΚΟ(Λ) ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ; Tyche of the City seated on basis, left, holding grains; at her feet, lighted altar; on either side, star; below, river god swimming, right

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: 1909/147

Diameter:  27 Weight: 11.6   Axis: 6 

Reign: Severus Alexander Persons: Severus Alexander (Augustus)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ (26 mm); 9.64 g (32)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕ(Υ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ(Β); laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΜΗΤ ΚΟ(Λ) ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ; Tyche of the City seated on basis, left, holding grains; at her feet, lighted altar; on either side, star; below, river god swimming, right

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: L1906

Diameter:  26 Weight: 9.97   Axis: 7 

Reign: Severus Alexander Persons: Severus Alexander (Augustus)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ (26 mm); 9.64 g (32)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕ(Υ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ(Β); laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΜΗΤ ΚΟ(Λ) ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ; Tyche of the City seated on basis, left, holding grains; at her feet, lighted altar; on either side, star; below, river god swimming, right

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

Diameter:  26 Weight: 9.11   Axis: 12 

Reign: Severus Alexander Persons: Severus Alexander (Augustus)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ (26 mm); 9.64 g (32)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕ(Υ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ(Β); laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΜΗΤ ΚΟ(Λ) ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ; Tyche of the City seated on basis, left, holding grains; at her feet, lighted altar; on either side, star; below, river god swimming, right

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: 1865/28715

Diameter:  25 Weight: 8.43   Axis: 12 

Reign: Severus Alexander Persons: Severus Alexander (Augustus)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ (26 mm); 9.64 g (32)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕ(Υ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ(Β); laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΜΗΤ ΚΟ(Λ) ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ; Tyche of the City seated on basis, left, holding grains; at her feet, lighted altar; on either side, star; below, river god swimming, right

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: Knobelsdorf 1822

Diameter:  23 Weight: 7.92   Axis: 6 

Reign: Severus Alexander Persons: Severus Alexander (Augustus)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ (26 mm); 9.64 g (32)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕ(Υ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ(Β); laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΜΗΤ ΚΟ(Λ) ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ; Tyche of the City seated on basis, left, holding grains; at her feet, lighted altar; on either side, star; below, river god swimming, right

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: L1906

Diameter:  23 Weight: 6.96   Axis: 6 

Reign: Severus Alexander Persons: Severus Alexander (Augustus)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ (26 mm); 9.64 g (32)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕ(Υ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ(Β); laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΜΗΤ ΚΟ(Λ) ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ; Tyche of the City seated on basis, left, holding grains; at her feet, lighted altar; on either side, star; below, river god swimming, right

Museum: NY: American Numismatic Society, New York (USA) Inventory: 1938.104.115

Bibliography: (from Dura Europos) 

Diameter:  26 Weight: 9.36   Axis: 6 

Reign: Severus Alexander Persons: Severus Alexander (Augustus)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ (26 mm); 9.64 g (32)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕ(Υ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ(Β); laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΜΗΤ ΚΟ(Λ) ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ; Tyche of the City seated on basis, left, holding grains; at her feet, lighted altar; on either side, star; below, river god swimming, right

Museum: NY: American Numismatic Society, New York (USA) Inventory: 1938.104.108

Bibliography: (from Dura Europos) 

Diameter:  26 Weight: 9.16   Axis: 12 

Reign: Severus Alexander Persons: Severus Alexander (Augustus)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ (26 mm); 9.64 g (32)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕ(Υ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ(Β); laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΜΗΤ ΚΟ(Λ) ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ; Tyche of the City seated on basis, left, holding grains; at her feet, lighted altar; on either side, star; below, river god swimming, right

Museum: NY: American Numismatic Society, New York (USA) Inventory: 1938.104.109

Bibliography: (from Dura Europos) 

Diameter:  26 Weight: 7.82   Axis: 6 

Reign: Severus Alexander Persons: Severus Alexander (Augustus)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ (26 mm); 9.64 g (32)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕ(Υ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ(Β); laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΜΗΤ ΚΟ(Λ) ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ; Tyche of the City seated on basis, left, holding grains; at her feet, lighted altar; on either side, star; below, river god swimming, right

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

Diameter:  26 Weight: 9.91   Axis: 6 

Reign: Severus Alexander Persons: Severus Alexander (Augustus)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ (26 mm); 9.64 g (32)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕ(Υ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ(Β); laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΜΗΤ ΚΟ(Λ) ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ; Tyche of the City seated on basis, left, holding grains; at her feet, lighted altar; on either side, star; below, river god swimming, right

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

Diameter:  25 Weight: 8.29   Axis: 6 

Reign: Severus Alexander Persons: Severus Alexander (Augustus)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ (26 mm); 9.64 g (32)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕ(Υ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ(Β); laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΜΗΤ ΚΟ(Λ) ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ; Tyche of the City seated on basis, left, holding grains; at her feet, lighted altar; on either side, star; below, river god swimming, right

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

Reign: Severus Alexander Persons: Severus Alexander (Augustus)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ (26 mm); 9.64 g (32)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕ(Υ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ(Β); laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΜΗΤ ΚΟ(Λ) ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ; Tyche of the City seated on basis, left, holding grains; at her feet, lighted altar; on either side, star; below, river god swimming, right

Museum: V: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Austria) Inventory: GR 22813

Diameter:  26 Weight: 10.99   Axis: 6 

Reign: Severus Alexander Persons: Severus Alexander (Augustus)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ (26 mm); 9.64 g (32)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕ(Υ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ(Β); laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΜΗΤ ΚΟ(Λ) ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ; Tyche of the City seated on basis, left, holding grains; at her feet, lighted altar; on either side, star; below, river god swimming, right

Museum: V: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Austria) Inventory: GR 22817

Diameter:  26 Weight: 9.63   Axis: 6 

Reign: Severus Alexander Persons: Severus Alexander (Augustus)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ (26 mm); 9.64 g (32)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕ(Υ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ(Β); laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΜΗΤ ΚΟ(Λ) ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ; Tyche of the City seated on basis, left, holding grains; at her feet, lighted altar; on either side, star; below, river god swimming, right

Museum: Leeds-UL: Leeds University Library (UK) Inventory: 77

Diameter:  24.6 Weight: 6.98   Axis: 6 

Reign: Severus Alexander Persons: Severus Alexander (Augustus)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ (26 mm); 9.64 g (32)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕ(Υ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ(Β); laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΜΗΤ ΚΟ(Λ) ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ; Tyche of the City seated on basis, left, holding grains; at her feet, lighted altar; on either side, star; below, river god swimming, right

Museum: Yale: Yale University Art Gallery (USA) Inventory: ILE2013.17.439

Diameter:  26 Weight: 8.91   Axis: 11 

Reign: Severus Alexander Persons: Severus Alexander (Augustus)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ (26 mm); 9.64 g (32)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕ(Υ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ(Β); laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear

Reverse: ΜΗΤ ΚΟ(Λ) ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ; Tyche of the City seated on basis, left, holding grains; at her feet, lighted altar; on either side, star; below, river god swimming, right

Bibliography: CNG EA 160, 14 Mar. 2007, lot 256 

Diameter:  25 Weight: 11.76