RPC VI, 7820 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7820 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕ(Υ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕ(Β)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΚΟ(Λ) ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ
Edition μητ(ρόπολις) Κολ(ωνία) Εδεσσηνῶν
Translation metropolis colony of the Edessenes
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 25 mm
Average weight 9.64 g
Axis 1, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12
Reference BMC 103–5
Specimens 33 (24 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.2890 BMC 103
2 2     L: 1841,0730.195 BMC 104
3 3     L: 1900,0706.9 BMC 105
5 5     P: 2057
6 6     P: AA.GR.5168
7 7     P: 1333
8 8     P: 2048
9 9     P: 1170
10 10     P: 1966.453
11 11     P: 2049
12 12     B: 1909/147
13 13     B: L1906
14 14     B
15 15     B: 1865/28715
16 16     B: Knobelsdorf 1822
17 17     B: L1906
18 18     NY: 1938.104.115 (from Dura Europos)
19 19     NY: 1938.104.108 (from Dura Europos)
20 20     NY: 1938.104.109 (from Dura Europos)
21 21     O
22 22     O
23 23     O
24 24     V: GR 22813
25 25     V: GR 22817
26 26     Leeds-UL: 77
27 27     Yale: ILE2013.17.439
28 28     CNG EA 160, 14 Mar. 2007, lot 256
29 29     CNG EA 220, 14 Oct. 2009, lot 388
30 30     CNG EA 325, 23 Apr. 2014, lot 469
31 31     CNG EA 348, 8 Apr. 2015, lot 591
32 32     CNG EA 62, 9 Apr. 2003, lot 70
33 33     ✸ Naumann Gitbud & Naumann 36, 4 Oct. 2015, lot 538
34 34     R. McAlee coll.