RPC IV.3, 17553 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 17553 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Raphia
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription [ ]
Edition --- [---]
Translation [---]
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription Δ(?)ΜϹ ΡΑΦΙΑ
Edition δμσʹ Ῥαφία δμσʹ Ῥαφία
Translation 144, Raphia
Reverse design Leto seated, left, holding long sceptre, resting arm on small Apollo with branch(?); to right in front, small Artemis standing, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 20.30 g
Axis 12
Reference Meshorer, Raphia —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
2 2     ✸ IMJ: Rosenberger Suppl. 1 corr. Y. Farhi and A. Kaplun, 'Gaza and Raphia under Commodus: Another Numismatic Connection', INR 17 (2022), pp. 205–12