RPC VI, 7736 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7736 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Undated bronze coinage
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ(Ο) ΚΑΙϹ Μ(ΑΡ) ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝ(ΕΝ sic)
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντων(εῖνος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΟΛω ΜΑΡ ΕΔΕϹϹΑ
Edition κολω(νία) Μαρ(κία) Ἔδεσσα
Translation the colony Marcia Edessa
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding corn ears; below, river god swimming, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 13.23 g
Axis 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11
Reference BMC 55–6
Specimens 14 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 55
2 2     L: 1905,1006.21 BMC 56
3 3     ✸ B: 1908/5 Morel
4 4     O
5 5     V: GR 22782
6 6     Yale: 1938.6000.2520 (from Dura Europos)
7 7     Yale: 1938.6000.2633 (from Dura Europos)
8 8     CNG EA 210, 13 May 2009, lot 240
9 9     CNG EA 381, 24 Aug. 2016, lot 344
10 10     Helios Numismatik 3, 29 Apr. 2009, lot 759
11 11     Leu EA 16, 22 May 2021, lot 3074
12 12     Missere 977
13 13     Künker 389 eLive, 23 June 2023, lot 2034
14 14     TMC Coll., ex Numismad 13, March 2024, lot 518 = Savoca 166, June 2023, lot 1251