RPC VI, 7749 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7749 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Undated bronze coinage
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, left, holding shield, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΚΟΛ ΑΝΤ ΑΥΡ ΕΔΕϹ
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding patera with grains(?); below, river god swimming, left; to left, cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 11.15 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 63
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.2875 BMC 63
2 2     ✸ P: AA.GR.5148
3 3     B