RPC VI, 7724 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7724 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Undated bronze coinage
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ΑΝ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀν(τωνῖνος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, left, holding shield and eagle-tipped sceptre (?), seen from front
Reverse inscription ΚΟΛω ΜΑ ΕΔΕϹϹΑ
Reverse design facing turreted and draped busts of two Tychai; below, small temple with pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.86 g
Axis 11
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Solidus Online 11, 14 Jan. 2017, lot 207
2 2     CNG EA 570, 11 Sept. 2024, lot 330 = J. Okun-Dubitsky coll.