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)

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