RPC VI, 7842 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7842 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, left, with drapery
Reverse inscription ΜΗ(Τ) ΚΟ(Λ) ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ
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 24 mm
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1902,0404.2 BMC 96
2 2     P: 2058
3 3     NY: 1944.100.78330
4 4     O
5 5     ✸ Leu Numismatik AG Web 3, 25 Feb. 2018, lot 751