RPC VI, 7809 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7809 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ϹΕ(Υ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre on shoulder and decorated shield, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΚΟΛ ΕΔΕϹϹΗΝωΝ
Edition μητ(ρόπολις) Κολ(ωνία) Εδεσσηνῶν
Translation Metropolis Colony of the Edessenes
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on basis, left, holding corn ears; at her feet, lighted altar; on either side, star; below, river god swimming, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.63 g
Axis 5, 6, 7
Reference BMC 108–10
Specimens 9 (8 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1840,1215.215 BMC 108
2 2     L: G.2894 BMC 109
3 3     L: G.2895 BMC 110
4 4     B
5 5     NY: 1944.100.78313
6 6     ✸ O
7 7     V: GR 22775
8 8     V: GR 22811
9 9     UBS Gold & Numismatics 84, 19 Jan. 2010, lot 110