RPC VI, 7855 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7855 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α Ϲ(Ε) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Ϲ(ΕΒ)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Σε(βῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right, with drapery
Reverse inscription ΜΗ(Τ) ΚΟ ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ
Edition μητ(ρόπολις) Κο(λωνία) Εδεσσηνῶν
Translation Metropolis Colony of the Edessenes
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 23 mm
Average weight 9.44 g
Axis 4, 5, 12
Reference BMC 98
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
2 2     L: G.2887 BMC 97
3 3     L: G.2888 BMC 98
4 4     NY: 1944.100.78319
5 5     O
6 6     ✸ Naumann Gitbud & Naumann 6, 4 Aug. 2013, lot 304 = Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG > Auction 115, Sept. 2006, lot 672