RPC I, 4134

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4134
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Roman Republic
Issue posthumous tetradrachms of Philip, year 12
Dating 38/37 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design diademed head of Philip Philadelphus, right
Reverse inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ (monogram) ΑΥΤ, ΒΙ (in exergue)
Edition Βασιλέως Φιλίππου Ἐπιφανοῦς Φιλαδέλφου Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) βιʹ
Translation of King Philip Epiphanes Philadelphus, dictator (year) 12
Reverse design Zeus, seated left, holding Nike and sceptre
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 15.07 g
Axis 2, 12
Reference Newell, no. 17, Prieur 11, McAlee 11
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.2491.8
Specimens 9 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same obv. die. 5–8: same obv. die as 4133/2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.65476
2 2     V: GR 29148
3 3     V: GR 20746
4 4     Yale
5 5     ✸ P: HS R2280
6 6     L: 1919,1012.2 PCG VII A 17
7 7     Malloy 42 (1977), lot 298
8 8     B: I-B
9 9     Richard McAlee coll.