RPC VII.2, 3622


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	VII.2
Number	3622
Province	Syria Palaestina
Region	Judaea
City	Raphia
Reign	Gordian III
Person (obv.)	Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue	Year Τ = 300
Dating	AD 240/1
Obverse inscription	ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟΥ
Nominative	Gordianus
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription	ΡΑΦΙΑ Τ
Reverse design	tripod entwinded by serpent on which stands a bird (raven of Apollo or falcon of Horus?)
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	19 mm
Axis	12
Reference	Meshorer, Raphia, 54
Specimens	4 (0 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1 ✸	IMJ: 2916 (ex Rosenberger)		19	5.55	12	Show
2	2	IMJ	Sofaer 23	18	5.78	12	Show
3	3		Rosenberger III, 29	18	4.10	12	Show
4	4		Yashin 513	19	5.41		Show