RPC VI, 7830 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7830 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ(Ο) ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ Ϲ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Σ(ευῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right, with drapery
Reverse inscription ΜΗ(Τ) ΚΟ ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ
Edition μητρόπολις Κολωνία Εδεσσηνῶν μητ(ρόπολις) Κο(λωνία) Εδεσσηνῶν
Translation metropolis colony of the Edessenes
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding corn ears; at her feet, lighted altar; below, river god swimming, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.28 g
Axis 5, 10, 11
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.78320
2 2     ✸ O
3 3     O
4 4     O
5 5     Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions E-43, 9 July 2017, lot 310