RPC VI, 9172 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9172 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Raphia
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue ЧϹ = 290
Dating 230/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ Α ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Σε(βῆρος) Ἀλέξανδρος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϘϹ ΙΕΡΑ ΡΑΦΙΑ
Edition ϙσʹ ἱερὰ Ῥαφία
Translation 290, sacred Raphia
Reverse design Apollo standing nude facing, head left, holding laurel branch and lyre over column; at his feet, bird(?), left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.65 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Meshorer, Raphia 46–46A
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     IMJ Meshorer, Raphia 46.2 = Rosenberger 24
2 2     J-MJA Meshorer, Raphia 46.3
3 3     J-SBF Meshorer, Raphia 46A.2
4 4     Meshorer, Raphia 46.1 (Grosswird Coll., Jerusalem)
5 5     ✸ Sofaer 18 = Meshorer, City-Coins 75