RPC VIII, 1494

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 1494
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Antioch ad Maeandrum
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Καῖσαρ Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰού(λιος) Φίλιππος Καῖσαρ
Translation Marcus Julius Philippus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ
Edition Ἀντιοχέων Ἀντιοχέων
Translation of the Antiochians
Reverse design river god reclining left, holding reed, resting on water urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 8.88 g
Axis 7, 11
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same obv. die as 1157/1–12 (Metropolis), 1181/1–5 (Metropolis), 1182/1–2 (Metropolis), 1183/1–4 (Metropolis), 1184/1–5 (Metropolis), 1185/1–2 (Metropolis), 1213/1–9 (Ephesus), 1215/1 (Ephesus), 1216/1–3 (Ephesus), 1217/1–2 (Ephesus), 1219/1–5 (Ephesus), 1491/1–2, 1492/1–7, 1493/1–4.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1851,0503.369 BMC 50
2 2     ✸ B: 18273163, 1901/822 Kraft pl. 22, 101a
3 3     Gorny & Mosch 200, 10 Oct. 2011, lot 2163
4 4     Helios 3, 29 Apr. 2009, lot 428