RPC VI, 9179


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	More
1	1 ✸	P: B835	Meshorer, Raphia 48.1	19	6.65	Show
2	2	IMJ	Meshorer, City-Coins 73	19		Show
3	3	J-SBF	Meshorer, Raphia 48.2		7.23	Show
4	4	J-SBF	Meshorer, Raphia 48.3		6.52	Show
5	5		Meshorer, Raphia 48.4 = De Saulcy, 239, 3			Show