RPC II, 354B

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 354B
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Philippopolis
Reign Domitian
Obverse inscription
Obverse design head of Hermes, left, wearing winged petasus
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩ(Ν)
Edition Φιλιπποπολειτῶν
Translation of the Philippopolitans
Reverse design winged caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 2.34 g
Axis 6
Reference U. Peter, Die Münzen ohne kaiserliches Porträt von Philippopolis (Thrakien) 1; Varbanov, Philippopolis, Pseudo-autonomous coinage I.4.3
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Note This series without imperial portait might date from the Flavian period, and has a parallel at Tomi (RPC II, 409)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Hirsch 284, 26 Sept. 2012, lot 2219
2 2     Lanz 161, 7 Dec. 2015, lot 52
3 3     ✸ Nomos obolos 4, 21 Feb. 2016, lot 605
4 4     R. Effler coll.
5 5     CGT coll. ex Savoca Ebay