RPC VI, 7838 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7838 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α Ϲ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Σ(εουῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρ(ος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre on shoulder and shield decorated with Gorgoneion, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΑΚ ΑΥΡ ΚΟ ΕΔΕϹϹ
Edition Μακ(ρειανὴ) Αὐρ(ηλία) κο(λωνία) Ἔδεσσ(α)
Translation the colony Macriana Aurelia Edessa
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding grains; at her feet, lighted altar; below, river god swimming, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.39 g
Axis 4
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.78315