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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Σε(βῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right, with drapery
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΚΟΛ ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ
Edition 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; at her feet, lighted altar; below, river god swimming, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.06 g
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