RPC VI, 7756 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7756 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Undated bronze coinage
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antoninus
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, left, holding shield decorated with Gorgoneion and raising hand, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ [...] ΚωΛΟΝ ΕΔΕϹϹΑ
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding patera(?) in front of small statue of Marsyas standing on column, right; below, river god swimming, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 13.05 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 63
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     CGT coll.
2 2     ✸ Helios Numismatik 5, 25 June 2010, lot 1154
3 3     Naumann Gitbud & Naumann 36, 4 Oct. 2015, lot 537