RPC I, 4125a

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4125a
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Roman Republic
Magistrate Marcus Licinius Crassus ; Gaius Cassius
Issue posthumous tetradrachms of Philip
Obverse inscription
Obverse design diademed head of Philip Philadelphus, right
Reverse inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ, ΚΡΑ, ΚΑ
Edition Βασιλέως Φιλίππου Ἐπιφανοῦς Φιλαδέλφου Κρά(σσος) Κά(σσιος)
Translation of King Philip Epiphanes Philadelphus, Crassus, Cassius
Reverse design Zeus, seated left, holding Nike and sceptre, thunderbolt above, the whole encircled by laurel wreath
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 15.36 g
Axis 12
Reference A.R. Bellinger, NC 1944, 56, Prieur 2, McAlee 2
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.2489.2
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY NC 1944, pl. VII.5 = NC 1919, pl. III.10
2 2     P: 1543
3 3     Leu 18, 5 May 1977, lot 254
4 4     ✸ Hirsch 161 (1989), lot 339 = Pincock coll., Vancouver = Naville Numismatics 45, 9 Dec. 2018, lot 125
5 5     P: 1970.217
6 6     Richard McAlee coll. (ex Sol Numismatik XXVII, 13 April 2024, lot 235)