RPC I, 4143


Image of specimen #5

Coin type
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Volume	I
Number	4143
Province	Syria
Region	Syria
City	Antioch
Reign	Augustus
Person (obv.)	Philip Philadelphus (king)
Issue	revived posthumous tetradrachms of Philip, year 27
Dating	23/22 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design	diademed head of Philip Philadelphus, right
Reverse inscription	ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ (monogram) ΑΥΤ, ΖΚ (in exergue)
Edition	Βασιλέως Φιλίππου Ἐπιφανοῦς Φιλαδέλφου Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) ζκʹ
Translation	of King Philip Epiphanes Philadelphus, dictator (year) 27
Reverse design	Zeus, seated left, holding Nike and sceptre, dot in left field
Metal	silver
Average diameter	26 mm
Average weight	14.28 g
Axis	12
Reference	Newell, no. 37, Prieur 20, McAlee 21
External URI(s)	http://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.2491.17
Specimens	6 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links	1–4: same obv. die.