RPC VI, 7844 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7844 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus) ; Julia Mamaea (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α Ϲ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΙΟΥΛ ΜΑΜΕΑ Ϲ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Σ(εουῆρος) 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, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from rear, 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 14.71 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference BMC 120
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,1015.278 BMC 120
2 2     B: 1855/17632
3 3     NY: 1938.104.118 (from Dura Europos)
4 4     O
5 5     V: GR 22776
6 6     cgb.fr MBS 26, 22 June 2006, lot 355
7 7     ✸ CNG EA 326, 7 May 2014, lot 348
8 8     Lindgren I, A2584A