RPC VI, 7753 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7753 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Undated bronze coinage
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre on shoulder and shield decorated with Gorgoneion, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ [...] ΕΔΕϹϹΑ
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding patera with grains(?); below, river god swimming, right; to right, cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 14.18 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG EA 306, 10 July 2013, lot 316