RPC VI, 7776 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7776 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Undated bronze coinage
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤ(ωΝ)
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντων(εῖνος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Elagabalus, right
Reverse inscription ΚΟΛω ΜΑΡ ΕΔΕϹϹΑ
Reverse design turreted and draped bust of the Tyche of the City, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.27 g
Axis 3, 4, 6, 11, 12
Reference BMC 74–5
Specimens 11 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1840,1215.212 BMC 74
2 2     L: 1913,1115.23 BMC 75
3 3     NY: 1944.100.65903
4 4     O
5 5     ✸ O
6 6     O
7 7     O
8 8     V: GR 22802
9 9     Auktionshaus Meister & Sonntag 9, 26 May 2010, lot 247
10 10     Solidus Online 14, 22 Apr. 2017, lot 317
11 11     J. McLaren coll..