RPC VI, 30937 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30937 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Edessa
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription [ ] ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹ
Edition --- Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσεβής [---] Ἀντωνῖνος Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation [---] Antoninus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΕΔΕϹϹΑΙΩΝ
Edition Ἐδεσσαίων Ἐδεσσαίων
Translation of the Edessaeans
Reverse design goat right standing on its hind legs and nibbling on the leaves of an olive tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.93 g
Reference Papaephthymiou Caracalla p. 60, 15/18
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Published as a coin of Caracalla, but more likely a series from the beginning of Elagabalus' reign.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Edessa Papaefthymiou, Une pièce inédite de Caracalla émise par l'atelier monétaire d'Edessa en Macédoine, Cahiers Glotz X (1999), pp. 331-346.