RPC VI, 7817 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7817 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right, with drapery
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΚΟΛ ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on basis, left, holding corn ears; on either side, star; at her feet, lighted altar; below, river god swimming, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 5, 11, 12
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2044
2 2     NY: 1944.100.78331
3 3     NY: 1944.100.78332
4 4     NY: 1938.104.114 (from Dura Europos)
5 5     CNG EA 160, 14 Mar. 2007, lot 257
6 6     Missere 980