RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 76712) (forgery)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 76712) (forgery)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Vaballathus
Person (obv.) Aurelian (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Zenobia (Augusta)
Issue Year 5
Dating AD 272
Obverse inscription Α Κ Λ ΔΟΜ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Δομ(ίτιος) Αὐρηλιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Domitius Aurelianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ϹΕΠΤΙΜΙΑ ΖΗΝΟΒΙΑ ϹΕΒ
Edition Σεπτιμία Ζηνοβία Σεβ(αστή)
Translation Septimia Zenobia Augusta
Reverse design draped and diademed bust of Zenobia, right
Metal debased silver
Average weight 9.65 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note The 'portrait' of Zenobia looks like Vabalathus, suggesting that the reverse inscription has been altered and that the coin is a recut coin of Aurelian and Vabalathus (some of which lack a date)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ V: GR 25730