RPC VI, 7760 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7760 (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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΟΛ Μ ΑΝΤω ΕΔΕϹϹΑ
Edition κολωνία Μαρκία? Ἀντωνινιανὴ Ἔδεσσα κολ(ωνία) Μ(αρκία?) Ἀντω(νινιανὴ) Ἔδεσσα
Translation the colony Marcia(?) Antoniniana Edessa
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding patera; below, river god swimming, right; to right, cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.70 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.65897
2 2     ✸ Savoca EA 108 Silver, 31 July 2021, lot 431