RPC VI, 7769 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #16

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7769 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Caesar)
Issue Undated bronze coinage
Obverse inscription Μ Α ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΚΑ(Ϲ) (sic)
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΑΚ ΑΥΡ ΕΔΕϹϹ
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 25 mm
Axis 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference BMC 82–5
Specimens 17 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1840,0921.448 BMC 82
2 2     L: 1918,1104.10 BMC 84
3 3     L: 1906,1103.2701 BMC 85
4 4     P: 2068
5 5     P: 1329
6 6     NY: 1961.154.320
7 7     NY: 1938.104.101 (from Dura Europos)
8 8     V: GR 22772
9 9     Yale: 2004.6.3733
10 10     Yale: 1938.6000.2536 (from Dura Europos)
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     CGT coll.
14 14     CGT coll. = Savoca 27 Blue, 29 Dec. 2019, lot 1121
15 15     CNG EA 240, 8 Sept. 2010, lot 349
16 16     ✸ CNG EA 251, 9 Mar. 2011, lot 300
17 17     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 939