RPC VI, 131 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 131 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Edessa
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ (Α) ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΔΕϹϹΑΙΩΝ
Edition Ἐδεσσαίων
Translation of the Edessaeans
Reverse design Roma goddess seated on throne, left, wearing helmet and holding Nike offering her a wreath; behind her, turreted Edessa standing, left, holding cornucopia and crowning her with wreath; at her feet, goat, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 10.70 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Papaefthymiou 74–5,8, 10–2
Specimens 12 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop: 167 Papaefthymiou 10/15
2 2     V: KH9747 Papaefthymiou 12/20
3 3     Boston: Harvard 1984.205.142 Papaefthymiou 10/12
4 4     Thessaloniki Papaefthymiou 12/19
5 5     Turin: 19508 Papaefthymiou 11/17
6 6     ✸ CGT coll.
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     Papaefthymiou 10/13
9 9     Papaefthymiou 10/14
10 10     Papaefthymiou 11/16
11 11     Papaefthymiou 11/18
12 12     Papaefthymiou 8/10