RPC VI, 7710 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7710 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ΥΠΑΤΟС ΤΟ A
Dating 218
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕ(Υ) ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ(Β)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate bust of Elagabalus, left, holding sceptre(?) on his shoulder and shield decorated with Gorgoneion, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ ΤΟ Α
Edition δημαρχικῆς ἐξουσίας ὕπατος τὸ αʹ δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατος τὸ αʹ
Translation holder of the tribunitian power, consul for the first time
Reverse design eagle facing, head right, holding wreath in beak and spreading wings; small temple between legs
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 10.46 g
Axis 6
Reference Prieur 1728
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.65888 Bellinger 155 (as Severus Alexander) = Prieur 1728
2 2     ✸ Naumann 99, 7 Feb. 2021, lot 527