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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/9179 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | VI |
Number | 9179 (temporary) |
Province | Syria Palaestina |
Region | Judaea |
City | Raphia |
Reign | Severus Alexander |
Person (obv.) | Severus Alexander (Augustus) |
Issue | ЧϹ = 290 |
Dating | 230/1 |
Obverse inscription | Μ ΑΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡ |
Edition | Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀλέξανδρ(ος) |
Translation | Marcus Aurelius 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 | bird standing, right, on lyre over column |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 19 mm |
Average weight | 6.80 g |
Reference | Meshorer, Raphia 48 |
Specimens | 5 (1 in the core collections) |