RPC VI, 7744 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7744 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Undated bronze coinage
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤΩΝ(Ε)ΙΝΟϹ Ϲ(ΕΒ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΑ(Ρ) ΑΥ Α(Ν)(Τ) ΚΟΛ ΕΔΕϹϹΑ
Edition Μαρ(κία) Αὐ(ρηλία) Ἀντ(ωνινιανὴ) κολ(ωνία) Ἔδεσσα
Translation the colony Marcia Aurelia Antoniniana Edessa
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding grains(?); below, river god swimming, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.78 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 59
Specimens 6 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1841,0730.194
2 2     L: 1841,0730.190 BMC 59
3 3     ✸ NY: 1944.100.65891
4 4     NY: 1944.100.65894
5 5     V: GR 22785
6 6     CGT coll.