RPC I, 4149


Image of specimen #5

Coin type
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Volume	I
Number	4149
Province	Syria
Region	Syria
City	Antioch
Reign	Augustus
Person (obv.)	Philip Philadelphus (king)
Issue	revived posthumous tetradrachms of Philip, year 33
Dating	17/16 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design	diademed head of Philip Philadelphus, right
Reverse inscription	ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ (monogram) ΑΥΤ, ΓΛ (in exergue)
Edition	Βασιλέως Φιλίππου Ἐπιφανοῦς Φιλαδέλφου Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) γλʹ
Translation	of King Philip Epiphanes Philadelphus, dictator (year) 33
Reverse design	Zeus, seated left, holding Nike and sceptre, dot in left field
Metal	silver
Average diameter	25 mm
Average weight	14.56 g
Axis	1, 12
Reference	Prieur 26, McAlee 27
External URI(s)	http://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.2491.23
Specimens	5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links	1–3: same obv. die as 4148/1–2.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	NY: 1944.100.65489		25	14.93	12		Show
2	2	L: 1930,0812.26			14.09		this coin was read as year 32 by G. F. Hill, NC, 1931, p. 161, but as year 36 by H. R. Baldus, CRWLR, p. 128; year 33, however, is also possible, and is perhaps more likely in view of the obv. die link.	Show
3	3		McAlee coll. = CNG EA 453, 2 Oct. 2019, lot 240	24.5	14.45	1		Show
4	4	NY: 1944.100.65490		25	14.39	12		Show
5	5 ✸		Richard McAlee coll.	26	14.92	12		Show