RPC VI, 7715 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7715 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ΥΠΑΤΟС ΤΟ Β
Dating 219
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕΥ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right, with drapery
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ ΤΟ Β
Edition δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξ(ουσίας) ὕπατος τὸ β
Translation holder of the tribunitian power, consul for the second time
Reverse design eagle facing, head right, holding wreath in beak and spreading wings; small temple between legs
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.25 g
Axis 5, 12
Reference Bellinger 152, Prieur 1724
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1895,0508.242 BMC 379 (as Caracalla) = Bellinger 152 = CRS 117, 1
2 2     ✸ CNG MBS 67, 22 Sept. 2004, lot 1163
3 3     Emporium Hamburg 66, 17 Nov. 2011, lot 365
4 4     Prieur 1724 (CP 385) = CNG EA 453, 2 Oct. 2019, lot 449