RPC VI, 7852 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7852 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Ϲ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σ(εβαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ Κ(ΟΛ) ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ
Edition μητρόπολις Κολωνία Εδεσσηνῶν μητ(ρόπολις) Κολ(ωνία) Εδεσσηνῶν
Translation metropolis colony of the Edessenes
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on basis, left, holding grains; at her feet, lighted altar; below, river god swimming, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.52 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 114
Specimens 8 (8 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1938,1007.163
2 2     L: 1909,0504.60 BMC 114
3 3     P: 2071
4 4     P: 2072
5 5     B: F1873
6 6     ✸ NY: 1944.100.78335
7 7     O
8 8     V: GR 22819