RPC VI, 9160 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9160 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Raphia
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ΗΟϹ = 278
Dating 218/19
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ(?)
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΡΑΦΙΑ ΗΟϹ
Edition Ῥαφία ηοςʹ
Translation Raphia, 278
Reverse design Apollo standing facing nude, head right, holding laurel branch and lyre over tripod, around which serpent is coiled
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.99 g
Axis 12
Reference Meshorer, Raphia 33
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     IMJ Meshorer, Raphia 33.3 = Rosenberger 15
2 2     J-SBF Meshorer, Raphia 33.4
3 3     ✸ Meshorer, Raphia 33.1 (Sasson Coll., Jerusalem)
4 4     Meshorer, Raphia 33.2 (Grosswird Coll., Jerusalem)
5 5     Meshorer, Raphia 33.5 (Rudolf Coll., Jerusalem)