RPC VI, 7720 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7720 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΜΑΡ ΑΥ(Ρ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀλέξανδρος Καῖσαρ
Translation Marcus Aurelius Alexander Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤ (ΚΟ) ΕΔΕϹϹΑ
Edition Μαρ(κία) Αὐρ(ηλία) Ἀντ(ωνινιανὴ) κο(λωνία) Ἔδεσσα
Translation the colony Marcia Aurelia Antoniniana Edessa
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on a stone seat(?), left, holding corn ears; below, river god swimming, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.84 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference BMC 80
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.2880 BMC 80
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.78311
3 3     NY: 1944.100.78312
4 4     P: 2060
5 5     Aquila Numismatics 2, 7 May 2022, lot 612 (Sagalassus)
6 6     D. Lowe