RPC VI, 9165 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9165 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Raphia
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ΑΠϹ = 281
Dating 221/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤω[...?]
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΡΑΦΙΑ ΑΠϹ
Edition Ῥαφία απσʹ
Translation Raphia, 281
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 26 mm
Average weight 12.63 g
Axis 12
Reference Meshorer, Raphia 35
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Note "barbarous" style

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