RPC VI, 7728 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7728 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Undated bronze coinage
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΟΛω ΜΑΡ ΕΔΕϹϹΑ
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, feeding serpent from patera(?); below, river god swimming, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.62 g
Axis 11
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: L1906
2 2     Yale: 1938.6000.2630 (from Dura Europos)