RPC VI, 7736 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7736 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Undated bronze coinage
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ(Ο) ΚΑΙϹ Μ(ΑΡ) ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤⲰΝ(ƐΝ sic)
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, l., seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΟΛⲰ ΜΑΡ ƐΔƐϹϹΑ
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on rock, l., holding corn ears; below, river god swimming, r.
Metal Æ
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11
Reference BMC 55–6
Specimens 12 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 55
2 2     L: 1905,1006.21 BMC 56
3 3     ✸ B: 1908/5 Morel
4 4     O
5 5     V: GR 22782
6 6     Yale: 1938.6000.2520 (from Dura Europos)
7 7     Yale: 1938.6000.2633 (from Dura Europos)
8 8     CNG EA 210, 13 May 2009, lot 240
9 9     CNG EA 381, 24 Aug. 2016, lot 344
10 10     Helios Numismatik 3, 29 Apr. 2009, lot 759
11 11     Leu EA 16, 22 May 2021, lot 3074
12 12     Missere 977