RPC VI, 7725 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7725 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Undated bronze coinage
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre on shoulder and shield decorated with Gorgoneion, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΚΟΛ(ω) Μ(ΑΡ) ΕΔΕϹϹΑ
Reverse design facing turreted and draped busts of two Tychai; below, small temple with pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.31 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference BMC 69–71
Specimens 13 (8 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.2876 BMC 69
2 2     L: 1901,0706.33 BMC 70
3 3     L: 1840,0921.447 BMC 71
4 4     NY: 1974.140.101
5 5     NY: 1944.100.65899
6 6     NY: 1944.100.65898
7 7     O
8 8     V: GR 22786
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CNG EA 254, 20 Apr. 2011, lot 219
11 11     Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 841
12 12     Leu EA 16, 22 May 2021, lot 3075
13 13     ✸ Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH 27, 28 May 2008, lot 2259