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Image of specimen #14 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/135 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
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) |