RPC VI, 135 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 135 (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 ΕΔΕϹϹΕΩΝ
Edition Ἐδεσσέων
Translation of the Edessenes
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; at her feet, goat, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 11.12 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Papaefthymiou 73–6,2–7, 15–7, 19
Specimens 14 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 712 Papaefthymiou 6/8
2 2     B Papaefthymiou 16/14
3 3     Mu Papaefthymiou 17/26
4 4     Dion: 1912 Papaefthymiou 17/25
5 5     N: 6536 Papaefthymiou 3/3
6 6     Sofia: 901 Papaefthymiou 19/29
7 7     St Petersburg: 2839 Papaefthymiou 6/7
8 8     Turin: 19511 Papaefthymiou 4/4
9 9     Zagreb: 5474 Papaefthymiou 15/23
10 10     Papaefthymiou 17/27
11 11     Papaefthymiou 2/2
12 12     Papaefthymiou 5/5 = Lindgren II, 1084
13 13     Papaefthymiou 7/9
14 14     ✸ RC coll.