RPC VI, 7843 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7843 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus) ; Julia Mamaea (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΙΟΥΛ ΜΑΜΕΑ Ϲ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβ(αστὸς) Ἰουλ(ία) Μαμέα Σ(εβαστή)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus, Julia Mamaea Augusta
Obverse design facing busts of Alexander, laureate and cuirassed, right, and Julia Mamaea, diademed and draped, left
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΚΟΛ ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ
Edition μητ(ρόπολις) Κολ(ωνία) Εδεσσηνῶν
Translation metropolis colony of the Edessenes
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on basis, left, holding small temple with pediment; on her crown, Aquarius(?) standing facing, holding water-skin over shoulder; at her feet, lighted altar; on either side, two stars; below, river god swimming, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 15.06 g
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference BMC 115–9
Specimens 25 (16 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1840,0921.449 BMC 115
2 2     L: G.2896 BMC 116
3 3     L: G.2897 BMC 117
4 4     L: 1900,0706.11 BMC 118
5 5     L: G.2898 BMC 119
6 6     B: L1906
7 7     B: 1893/1024
8 8     B: I-B1900
9 9     NY: 1944.100.78336
10 10     NY: 1948.19.2462
11 11     NY: 1944.100.12875
12 12     NY: 1938.104.117 (from Dura Europos)
13 13     NY: 1938.104.119 (from Dura Europos)
14 14     O
15 15     O
16 16     O
17 17     CGT coll.
18 18     CNG EA 203, 28 Jan. 2009, lot 421 = Numismatik Lanz München > Auction 117, Nov. 2003, 1027
19 19     CNG EA 325, 23 Apr. 2014, lot 474
20 20     CNG EA 327, 28 May 2014, lot 848
21 21     ✸ CNG EA 329, 25 June 2014, lot 316
22 22     CNG EA 330, 9 July 2014, lot 225
23 23     CNG EA 53, 20 Nov. 2002, lot 78
24 24     CNG MBS 60, 22 May 2002, lot 1283
25 25     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 941