RPC VI, 7774 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7774 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Undated bronze coinage
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΥΡ (sic) ΑΝΤωΝ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) <Α>ὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντων(ῖνος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design radiate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΚΟΛω ΜΑΡ ΕΔΕ[...]
Edition κολωνία Μαρκία Ἔδε--- κολω(νία) Μαρ(κία) Ἔδε[---]
Translation colony of Marcia Edessa[---]
Reverse design turreted and draped bust of the Tyche of the City, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.18 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu
2 2     Nomos Obolos WA 12, 31 Mar. 2019, lot 616
3 3     McLaren coll.