RPC VI, 7853 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7853 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right, with drapery
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 patera(?); at her feet, lighted altar; below, river god swimming, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.54 g
Axis 6
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2065
2 2     NY: 1944.100.78309
3 3     V: GR 22818