Reign: Abgar VIII Persons: Abgar VIII (king)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ; 1.85 g (26)

Obverse: (ΑΥ(Τ)) ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ (Αs may be shaped as Λs); laureate head of Commodus, right

Reverse: ΑΒΓΑΡΟϹ ΒΑϹΙΛΕ(ΥϹ) (Αs may be shaped as Λs); draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, right

Museum: Cop: Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen (Denmark) Inventory: 193

Diameter:  16 Weight: 1.91   Axis: 6 

Reign: Abgar VIII Persons: Abgar VIII (king)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ; 1.85 g (26)

Obverse: (ΑΥ(Τ)) ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ (Αs may be shaped as Λs); laureate head of Commodus, right

Reverse: ΑΒΓΑΡΟϹ ΒΑϹΙΛΕ(ΥϹ) (Αs may be shaped as Λs); draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, right

Museum: Cop: Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen (Denmark) Inventory: 195

Diameter:  14 Weight: 1.93   Axis: 6 

Reign: Abgar VIII Persons: Abgar VIII (king)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ; 1.85 g (26)

Obverse: (ΑΥ(Τ)) ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ (Αs may be shaped as Λs); laureate head of Commodus, right

Reverse: ΑΒΓΑΡΟϹ ΒΑϹΙΛΕ(ΥϹ) (Αs may be shaped as Λs); draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, right

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

Diameter:  15 Weight: 1.6   Axis: 6 

Reign: Abgar VIII Persons: Abgar VIII (king)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ; 1.85 g (26)

Obverse: (ΑΥ(Τ)) ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ (Αs may be shaped as Λs); laureate head of Commodus, right

Reverse: ΑΒΓΑΡΟϹ ΒΑϹΙΛΕ(ΥϹ) (Αs may be shaped as Λs); draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, right

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

Diameter:  15 Weight: 1.8   Axis: 3 

Reign: Abgar VIII Persons: Abgar VIII (king)

City: Edessa Region: Mesopotamia Province: Mesopotamia

Denomination: Æ; 1.85 g (26)

Obverse: (ΑΥ(Τ)) ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ (Αs may be shaped as Λs); laureate head of Commodus, right

Reverse: ΑΒΓΑΡΟϹ ΒΑϹΙΛΕ(ΥϹ) (Αs may be shaped as Λs); draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, right

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: (ΑΥ(Τ)) ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ (Αs may be shaped as Λs); laureate head of Commodus, right

Reverse: ΑΒΓΑΡΟϹ ΒΑϹΙΛΕ(ΥϹ) (Αs may be shaped as Λs); draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, right

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: (ΑΥ(Τ)) ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ (Αs may be shaped as Λs); laureate head of Commodus, right

Reverse: ΑΒΓΑΡΟϹ ΒΑϹΙΛΕ(ΥϹ) (Αs may be shaped as Λs); draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, right

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: (ΑΥ(Τ)) ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ (Αs may be shaped as Λs); laureate head of Commodus, right

Reverse: ΑΒΓΑΡΟϹ ΒΑϹΙΛΕ(ΥϹ) (Αs may be shaped as Λs); draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, right

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 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; 1.57 g (1)

Obverse: ] ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ; laureate head of Commodus, right

Reverse: ΑΒ[ΓΑ]ΡΟΥ [ΒΑ]ϹΙΛΕΥ; draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, right

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, right

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, 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; 2.46 g (2)

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; 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; 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