RPC VI, 7795 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7795 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α(Υ) Ϲ(Ɛ) ΑΛƐΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Ϲ
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, r., with drapery
Reverse inscription ΜΗ(Τ) ΚΟ ƐΔƐϹϹΗΝⲰΝ
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on rock, l., holding corn ears; at her feet, lighted altar; (on either side, star); below, river god swimming, l.
Metal Æ
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 5, 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference BMC 87–90
Specimens 14 (11 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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)