RPC VI, 7795 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7795 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ(Ο) Κ Μ Α(Υ) Ϲ(Ε) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Ϲ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεουῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβαστός Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σ(εβαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right, with drapery
Reverse inscription ΜΗ(Τ) ΚΟ ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ
Edition μητρόπολις Κολωνία Εδεσσηνῶν μητ(ρόπολις) Κο(λωνία) Εδεσσηνῶν
Translation metropolis colony of the Edessenes
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding corn ears; at her feet, lighted altar; (on either side, star); below, river god swimming, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 15.47 g
Axis 5, 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference BMC 87–90
Specimens 15 (11 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1900,0706.7 BMC 91
1 1     L: 1913,115.27 BMC 99
2 2     ✸ L: 1859,1104.2 BMC 88
3 3     L: 1843,0712.36 BMC 89
4 4     L: G.2884 BMC 90
5 5     P: 2041
6 6     P: 2062
7 7     P: AA.GR.5160
8 8     B: F1873
9 9     NY: 1944.100.78324
10 10     NY: 1938.104.105 (from Dura Europos)
11 11     Yale: 1938.6000.57
12 12     Yale: 1938.6000.2632 (from Dura Europos)
13 13     Yale: 1938.6000.2631 (from Dura Europos)
14 14     Richard McAlee coll.