RPC IV.3, 6492 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6492 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Abgar VIII
Person (obv.) Abgar VIII (king)
Issue Abgar VIII, son of Ma´nu VIII
Dating 179–192
Obverse inscription
Obverse design draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, right
Reverse inscription KING ABGAR (in two lines in strange halo)
Edition אבגר מלכא
Translation King Abgar
Reverse design
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 12 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ 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