RPC VI, 7722 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7722 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus) ; Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Issue Undated bronze coinage
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤΝΙΝΟϹ Ϲ Μ Α ΑΛΕΞΝΔ Κ (sic)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνο(ς) Σ(εβαστὸς) Μ(άρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀλέξ<α>νδ(ρος) Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus, Marcus Aurelius Alexander Caesar
Obverse design facing busts of Elagabalus, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, and Severus Alexander, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed, left; below, small temple with pediment
Reverse inscription ΜΑΚ ΑΥΡ ΕΔΕϹϹ
Edition Μακ(ρειανὴ) Αὐρ(ηλία) Ἔδεσσ(α)
Translation Macriana Aurelia Edessa
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding corn ears; to left, two globes; at her feet, lighted altar; below, river god swimming, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 11.17 g
Axis 11
Reference BMC 79
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: G.2879 BMC 79