RPC VI, 9161 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 9161 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Raphia
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Issue ΗΟϹ = 278
Dating 218/19
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ(?)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΡΑΦΙΑ ΗΟϹ
Edition Ῥαφία ηοςʹ Ῥαφία ηοςʹ
Translation Raphia, 278
Reverse design Apollo standing facing, head left, holding laurel branch, and Dionysus standing facing, head right, holding long thyrsus and cantharus; between them, stag(?), right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.68 g
Axis 12
Reference Meshorer, Raphia 32
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     IMJ Meshorer, Raphia 31.6 = Rosenberger 13
2 2     ✸ Meshorer, Raphia 32.1 (Sasson Coll., Jerusalem)
3 3     Meshorer, Raphia 32.2 (Grosswird Coll., Jerusalem)
4 4     Meshorer, Raphia 32.3 (Rudolf Coll., Jerusalem)