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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/7877 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | VI |
Number | 7877 (temporary) |
Province | Mesopotamia |
Region | Mesopotamia |
City | Carrhae |
Reign | Severus Alexander |
Person (obv.) | Severus Alexander (Augustus) |
Obverse inscription | ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ |
Edition | Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος |
Translation | Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander |
Obverse design | laureate bust of Severus Alexander, left, wearing decrated cuirass, holding globe(?) and raising hand, seen from front |
Reverse inscription | ΚΑΡ ΚΟ ΜΗ ΜΕϹϹΟΠ Λ (sic) |
Edition | Κάρ(ραι) κο(λωνία) μη(τρόπολις) Μεσσοπ(οταμίας) Λ |
Translation | Carrhae, colony, metropolis of Mesopotamia, L(?) |
Reverse design | Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding corn ears; at her feet, lighted altar; below, river god swimming, left |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 24 mm |
Average weight | 10.74 g |
Specimens | 1 (0 in the core collections) |