View source for RQEM ad. 18 - Edessa (Macedon) (Septimius Severus), bronze, asses (198-211 CE)

{{Die Study
|Image=RQEM_ad_18.png
|Image reference=Paris, BnF, 1991.569 (https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8590459s)
|Obverse legend=Several legends: 1) Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αίσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Σεπ(τήμιος) Σευῆρος Ε(ὐσεβής) ; 2) (Αὐτοκράτωρ) (Καίσαρ) (Mᾶρκος) (Aὐρήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Eὐσ(εβής) ; 3) Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Π(ούβλιος) Σεπ(τήμιος) (Γέτας) or Γέτας
|Obverse legend language=Greek
|Obverse description=Head of Septimus Severus right, (bearded), wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots.
|Reverse legend=Several legends: 1) ᾽Εδεσσαίων ; 2) ᾽Εδεσσέων
|Reverse legend language=Greek
|Reverse description=Different types: 1) Personified Edessa facing, head left, wearing mural crown and peplos, holding female statue (Nike?) in right hand, and a spear in left hand. At the City feet, right, goat. Border of dots ; 2) Goat against a fruit tree. Border of dots.
|Mint=Edessa
|Ancient region=Macedon
|Authority=Caracalla (Roman emperor, 198-217 AD); Geta (Roman emperor, 209/10-211 AD); Septimius Severus (Roman emperor, 193-211 AD); Roman Empire
|Date from=198 CE
|Date to=211 CE
|Period=Roman
|Metal=Bronze
|Denomination=as
|Median weight=5.30
|Diameter=18-20
|Axis=5-6 h or 12 h
|RQEM reference=RQEM ad.
|RQEM reference number=18
|Die study reference=Papaefthymiou 2002, p. 52, no. 1, p. 60, no. 15, p. 61-62, no. 1-3.
|Number of obverse dies=5
|Number of singletons=4
|Number of reverse dies=4
|Number of coins=6
|Remarks=The coinage of Septimus Severus is divided in 3 iconographic groups : the coins with the portrait of Septimus Severus (subdivided  in 3 issues dated in 198-204/5 AD, 204/5-209/10 AD and 209/10-211 AD), those with the portrait of Caracalla (subdivided in 3 issues dated in 198-204/5 AD, 204/5-209/10 AD and 209/10-211 AD) and those with the portrait of Geta (subdivided in 2 series). The average weight is approximate: 5,18 g for the coins with Edessa and 5,39 g for those with the goat. Metrology p. 189-209.
|Number of unidentified obverse dies=0
|Number of unidentified reverse dies=0
}}
{{Distribution Item
|Frequency=1
|Number of dies=4
|Die name=1 (Sept. Sev.),7 (Carac.),1 (Get.),2 (Get.)
}}
{{Distribution Item
|Frequency=2
|Number of dies=1
|Die name=3 (Get.)
}}
{{Distribution Reverse Item
|Die name=R1 (Sept. Sev.), R14 (Carac.), R1 (Get.), R2 (Get.)
}}