RPC VI, 7839 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7839 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σε(υῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗ ΚΟ ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ
Edition μη(τρόπολις) Κο(λωνία) Εδεσσηνῶν
Translation metropolis colony of the Edessenes
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding grains; at her feet, lighted altar; on either side, star; below, river god swimming, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.51 g
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference BMC 93bis
Specimens 11 (9 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1920,0716.2 BMC 93bis
1 1     L: 1902,0404.2 BMC 96
2 2     L: 1900,0706.10 BMC 95
3 3     P: 1332
4 4     P: AA.GR.5164
5 5     ✸ NY: 1944.100.78333
6 6     NY: 1938.104.107 (from Dura Europos)
7 7     NY: 1938.104.106 (from Dura Europos)
8 8     V: GR 22816
9 9     Yale: 1938.6000.2635 (from Dura Europos)
10 10     CGT coll.