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Image of specimen #4 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/7789 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | VI |
Number | 7789 (temporary) |
Province | Mesopotamia |
Region | Mesopotamia |
City | Edessa |
Reign | Elagabalus |
Person (obv.) | Severus Alexander (Caesar) |
Issue | Undated bronze coinage |
Obverse inscription | Μ Α ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΚΑ |
Edition | Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀλέξανδρος Κα(ῖσαρ) |
Translation | Marcus Aurelius Alexander Caesar |
Obverse design | radiate head of Severus Alexander, right |
Reverse inscription | ΜΑΚ ΑΥ ΚΟ ΕΔΕϹ |
Edition | Μακ(ρειανὴ) Αὐ(ρηλία) κο(λωνία) Ἔδεσ(σα) |
Translation | the colony Macriana Aurelia Edessa |
Reverse design | turreted and draped bust of the Tyche of the City, left |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 15 mm |
Average weight | 2.85 g |
Axis | 3, 5, 11 |
Specimens | 3 (1 in the core collections) |