RPC VI, 7733 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7733 (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 radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΑΚ ΑΥΡ ΚΟ ΕΔΕϹϹ
Edition Μακ(ρειανὴ) Αὐρ(ηλία) κο(λωνία) Ἔδεσσ(α)
Translation the colony Macriana Aurelia Edessa
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding corn ears; at her feet, lighted altar; below, river god swimming, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.20 g
Axis 5, 11
Reference BMC 67
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., Ⲱ uspide-down.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1919,0711.1 BMC 67
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 224, 16 Dec. 2009, lot 483