RPC I, 4149

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
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)
Reverse design Zeus, seated left, holding Nike and sceptre, dot in left field
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
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.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.65489
2 2     L: 1930,0812.26
3 3     McAlee coll. = CNG EA 453, 2 Oct. 2019, lot 240
4 4     NY: 1944.100.65490
5 5     ✸ Richard McAlee coll.