RPC VI, 7755 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7755 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue Undated bronze coinage
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, left, holding shield decorated with Gorgoneion and raising hand, seen from front
Reverse inscription [...] Κ ΕΔΕϹϹΑ
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding patera(?) in front of small statue of Marsyas standing on column, right; below, river god swimming, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1948.19.2017