RPC VI, 7743 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 7743 (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, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ Κ ΕΔΕϹϹΑ
Edition Μαρκία Αὐρηλία κολωνία Ἔδεσσα Μαρ(κία) Αὐρ(ηλία) κ(ολωνία) Ἔδεσσα
Translation the colony Marcia Aurelia Edessa
Reverse design Tyche of the City seated on rock, left, holding grains(?); below, river god swimming, left; to right, cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.69 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 61
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: G.2874 BMC 61
2 2     CGT coll.