RPC VI, 7745 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7745 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Undated bronze coinage
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α(Υ) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ Ϲ(ΕΒ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΑΡ ΑΥ(Ρ) ΑΝ(Τ)(Ω) Κ(Ο)(Λ)(Ω) ΕΔΕϹϹΑ
Edition Μαρ(κία) Αὐρ(ηλία) Ἀντω(νινιανὴ) κολω(νία) 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 26 mm
Average weight 10.28 g
Axis 4, 12
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1840,1215.213 BMC 57
2 2     L: 1838,0402.3 BMC 58
3 3     NY: 1944.100.65892
4 4     NY: 1971.193.17
5 5     Bern: 97.74 'Samosata'
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     ✸ Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 935