RPC VI, 7759 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7759 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Undated bronze coinage
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right, with drapery
Reverse inscription ΚΟΛ ΑΝΤ ΑΥΡ ΕΔΕϹϹΑ
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding patera(?); below, river god swimming, right; to left, cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 13.53 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 62
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1846,0922.7 BMC 62
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 205, 25 Feb. 2009, lot 340