RPC IV.3, 6528 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6528 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Raphia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating 177–180
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔοc
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Augustus Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΡΑΦΙΑ ΘΛϹ
Edition Ῥαφία θλσʹ
Translation Raphia, 239
Reverse design Leto seated, left, holding long sceptre; to left, Apollo standing, facing, holding branch(?); to right, Artemis standing, facing, drawing quiver from arrow at shoulder, holding bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average weight 17.26 g
Reference Meshorer, Raphia 9A
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ IAA
2 2     IAA The Quarterly of the Department of Antiquities in Palestine 1, 132, no. 10