RPC VI, 9173 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9173 (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 front
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, griffin, left, placing paw on wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.62 g
Reference Meshorer, City-Coins 75
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     IMJ Meshorer, City-Coins 75
2 2     J-SBF Meshorer, Raphia 46A.2(?)
3 3     ✸ Meshorer, Raphia 46A.1(?) (Sasson Coll., Jerusalem)