RPC VIII, 127

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 127
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Cassandrea
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C M IVL PHILIPPS (sic)
Edition Imperator Caesar Marcus Iulius Philippus Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Iul(ius) Philipp<u>s
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL [IVL AVG] CASSANDRIA[S]
Edition coloniae Iuliae Augustae Cassandrias col(oniae) Iul(iae) Aug(ustae) Cassandrias
Translation of the colony Julia Augusta Cassandrea
Reverse design nymph Nysa standing facing, head right, raising bunch of grapes with her right hand up to her head, holding infant Bacchus and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.28 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 123/1–4, 126/1–3. 1–2: same rev. die as 128/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     CGT coll.
2 2     ✸ D. Lowe coll.