RPC VI, 30585 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30585 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Edessa
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΔΕϹϹΑΙΩΝ
Edition Ἐδεσσαίων
Translation of the Edessaeans
Reverse design Roma seated on throne, left, wearing helmet and holding Nike; (to left, goat;) behind her, turreted Edessa standing, left, holding sceptre and crowning her with wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 11.88 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Papaephthymiou Elagabal 12-17
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B
2 2     ✸ P: 706
3 3     Thessaloniki: MA 872-3 Serrai hoard
4 4     Amsterdam
5 5     Turin: 19509
6 6     Trade (Baldwin)
7 7     Trade (Baldwin)
8 8     Thessaloniki: MA 408-2 Kentriko hoard
9 9     Sofia: 102