RPC VI, 7745 (temporary)

 

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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)
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
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
Axis 4, 12
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
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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