RPC VIII, 1555

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 1555
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Laodicea ad Lycum
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Caesar)
Issue Sardis workshop
Obverse inscription Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ Κ
Edition Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Καῖσαρ Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλι(ος) Φίλιππος Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Marcus Julius Philippus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Λαοδικέων νεωκόρων Λαοδικέων νεωκόρων
Translation of the Laodiceans, neοcorate
Reverse design river Kapros as boar and river Lykos as wolf seated back to back, heads facing each other
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.43 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Specimens 16 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–7, 9–16: same obv. die as 1400/1–31 (Saitta), 1401/1–25 (Saitta), 1556/1–2, 1557/1–5, 1669/1 (Themisonium). 3: same rev. die as 1558/4, 12–13, 15–16.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1902,1003.58 BMC 260
2 2     P: 1640 Wa 6326
3 3     B: 18275404, I-B
4 4     B: 18275403, 1896/447
5 5     Cop SNG 607
6 6     ✸ O: Robinson
7 7     O: Milne Weber 7151 = Kraft pl. 37, 58a
8 8     V-ON SNG Leypold 1678
9 9     Bay Numismatics EA 13, 10 May 2025, lot 586
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     Helios 3, 29 Apr. 2009, lot 569
12 12     Leu Web 3, 25 Feb. 2018, lot 591
13 13     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 20, 3 Aug. 2014, lot 457
14 14     Roma Numismatics EA 108, 13 Apr. 2023, lot 781
15 15     Roma Numismatics EA 117, 22 Feb. 2024, lot 724
16 16     SPQR Collection 6, 25–26 Feb. 2025, lot 732