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(Ε) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Ϲ
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right, with drapery
Reverse inscription ΜΗ(Τ) ΚΟ ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ
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
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)