RPC VI, 7807 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7807 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design laureate bust of Severus Alexander, left, wearing decrated cuirass, holding globe(?) and raising hand, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΚΟΛ ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on basis, left, holding corn ears; at her feet, lighted altar; on either sde, star; below, river god swimming, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG EA 160, 14 Mar. 2007, lot 259
2 2     Naumann Gitbud & Naumann 26, 14 Dec. 2014, lot 427