RPC VI, 7777 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7777 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Undated bronze coinage
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ(Ο) ΚΑΙϹ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ΑΝ(Τ)(Ω)
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντω(νῖνος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design radiate head of Elagabalus, left
Reverse inscription ΚΟΛω ΜΑΡ ΕΔΕϹ(ϹΑ)
Edition κολω(νία) Μαρ(κία) Ἔδεσσα
Translation the colony Marcia Edessa
Reverse design turreted and draped bust of the Tyche of the City, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.38 g
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference BMC 72
Specimens 11 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1897,0405.15 BMC 72
2 2     Mu
3 3     Mu
3 3     J. McLaren coll.
4 4     Mu
5 5     ✸ NY: 1944.100.65900
6 6     V: GR 22805
7 7     Leeds-UL: 74
8 8     Yale: 2004.6.3731
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CGT coll.