Æ18 - Elagabalus EΔECCA
Features
| Issuer |
Edessa (Mesopotamia)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Elagabalus (Sextus Varius Avitus Basianus) (218-222)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 218-222 |
| Currency | Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 3.82 g |
| Diameter | 18 mm |
| Thickness | 2.3 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 433151 |
| References | RPC Online VI# 30746 Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/) , Mionnet 5# 48Théodore Edme Mionnet; 1811. Description de médailles antiques Grecques et Romaines avec leur degré de rareté et leur estimation / Tome 5. Rois de Syrie. Comagène. Cyrrhestique. Palmyrene. Seleucide et Pierie. Coelésyrie. Trachonitide, Iturée. Décapole. Phoenicie. Galilée. Samarie. Judée. Arabie. Mésopotamie. Rois de Perse. Rois Parthes. Rois Sassanides. Rois de la Bactriane. Rois de. Imprimerie de Testu, Paris, France. |
Obverse
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from front.
Script: Greek
Lettering: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Unabridged legend: Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Reverse
Turreted and draped bust of the Tyche of the City, right.
Script: Greek
Lettering: EΔECCA
Translation: EDESSA
Mint
Edessa, Mesopotamia, modern-day Urfa, TurkeySee also
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (218-222) | |||||||||||||||
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