| URI |
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/7720
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| 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) |
