RPC VI, 133 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 133 (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 sceptre and crowning her with wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.60 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Papaefthymiou 72–3,1
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 1150/1898 Papaefthymiou 1/1
1 1     CGT coll.
2 2     ✸ Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger 338, 9 May 2018, lot 729 (ex Sammlung R.P, ex CNG 55, 2000, lot 906)
3 3     Roma Numismatics EA 82, 15 Apr. 2021, lot 948