RPC VI, 7737 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7737 (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 ΑΝΤωΝΙ[...]
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, holding corn ears; below, river god swimming, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 5, 6, 10, 12
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1938,1007.158
2 2     P: 2064
3 3     B: Rauch1853
4 4     NY: 1948.19.2016
5 5     NY: 1944.100.65890
6 6     Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün e.K. 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 2232
7 7     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 51, 5 Mar. 2017, lot 413
8 8     Savoca 106th Blue, 26 June 2021, lot 837