RPC VI, 7819 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7819 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΚΟ(Λ) ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on basis, left, holding grains; at her feet, lighted altar; on either side, star; below, river god swimming, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: Morel 1908/5
2 2     NY: 1944.100.78334