RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 79070)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 79070)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Raphia
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Issue Year HNC = 258
Dating AD 198/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΠΕΡ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Σεπτίμιος Σεουῆρος Περτίναξ Σεβαστὸς Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Σεπ(τίμιος) Σεουῆρ(ος) Περ(τίναξ) Σεβ(αστὸς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΡΑΦΙΑ ΗΝϹ
Edition Ῥαφία ηνσʹ Ῥαφία ηνσʹ
Translation Raphia, 258
Reverse design Dionysus nude apart from chlamys falling from left shoulder, standing left, emptying cantharus and holding thyrsus; at his feet panther seated left, raising right forepaw and looking up
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 4.95 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 3; Meshorer, Raphia 20
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1888,0512.23 BMC 3
— —     CGT coll.
— —     ✸ Gemini VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 762