RPC VI, 7769 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #16

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7769 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Issue Undated bronze coinage
Obverse inscription Μ Α ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΚΑ(Ϲ) (sic)
Edition Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Ἀλέξανδρος Καῖσαρ Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀ(ντώνιος) Ἀλέξανδρος Κα<ῖ>σ(αρ)
Translation Marcus Antonius Alexander Caesar
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΑΚ ΑΥΡ ΕΔΕϹϹ
Edition Μακρειανὴ Αὐρηλία Ἔδεσσα Μακ(ρειανὴ) Αὐρ(ηλία) Ἔδεσσ(α)
Translation Macriana Aurelia Edessa
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding corn ears; at her feet, lighted altar; below, river god swimming, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.78 g
Axis 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference BMC 82–5
Specimens 16 (8 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1840,0921.448 BMC 82
2 2     L: 1918,1104.10 BMC 84
3 3     L: 1906,1103.2701 BMC 85
4 4     P: 2068
5 5     P: 1329
6 6     NY: 1961.154.320
7 7     NY: 1938.104.101 (from Dura Europos)
8 8     V: GR 22772
9 9     Yale: 2004.6.3733
10 10     Yale: 1938.6000.2536 (from Dura Europos)
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     CGT coll. = Naville 52, 22 Sep. 2019, lot 707 (part)
13 13     CGT coll.
15 15     CNG EA 240, 8 Sept. 2010, lot 349
16 16     ✸ CNG EA 251, 9 Mar. 2011, lot 300
17 17     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 939