RPC VI, 7815 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7815 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεβῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Σε(βῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre on shoulder and decorated shield, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΚΟΛ ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ
Edition μητρόπολις Κολωνία Εδεσσηνῶν μητ(ρόπολις) Κολ(ωνία) Εδεσσηνῶν
Translation metropolis colony of the Edessenes
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on basis, left, holding corn ears; on either side, star and lighted altar; below, river god swimming, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.11 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 111
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1913,1115.29 BMC 111
2 2     P: 2053
3 3     ✸ B: L1906
4 4     NY: 1938.104.116 (from Dura Europos)
5 5     Jean Elsen & ses Fils S.A. 99, 28 Mar. 2009, lot 1589
6 6     Bertolami 338, 26 May 2025, lot 786