RPC VIII, 1550

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 1550
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Laodicea ad Lycum
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Issue Sardis workshop
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Αὔγουστος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλ(ιος) Φίλιππος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟ[ΡΩ]Ν
Edition Λαοδικέων νεωκόρων Λαοδικέων νεωκόρων
Translation of the Laodiceans, neοcorate
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding figure of Zeus Laodiceus and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 26.18 g
Axis 5, 6
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die as 1118/1 (Thyatira), 1360/1–7 (Sardis), 1397/1–3 (Saitta), 1398/1 (Saitta), 1462/1–4 (Blaundus), 1463/1–2 (Blaundus), 1464/1–5 (Blaundus), 1549/1, 1680/1–5 (Tripolis), 1681/1 (Tripolis), 1701/1–6 (Tripolis).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1636
2 2     ✸ O: Christ Church Kraft pl. 35, 49b
3 3     Lederer I, p. 73, no. 78, coll. Naegeli, Zurich