RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 79071)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 79071)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Raphia
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΑΞϹ = 261
Dating AD 201/2
Obverse inscription [ ] Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕΥΗΡΟ[ ]
Edition [---] Λ(ούκιος) Σεπ(τίμιος) Σευῆρο[---]
Translation [---] Lucius Septimius Severus [---]
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΡΑΦΙΑ ΑΞϹ
Edition Ῥαφία αξςʹ
Translation Raphia, 261
Reverse design Leto seated, left, holding long sceptre in left hand, resting right arm on small Apollo holding branch(?) in right hand; to right in front, small Artemis standing, left, holding quiver in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 13.77 g
Axis 12
Reference Meshorer, Raphia 21; Yashin 497; Sofaer 7
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)

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