RPC VIII, 1556

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 1556
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 Lykos as wolf and river Kapros as boar seated facing each other
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 8.33 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 1400/1–31 (Saitta), 1401/1–25 (Saitta), 1555/1–7, 9–16, 1557/1–5, 1669/1 (Themisonium). 1–2: same rev. die as 1559/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG 87, 18 May 2011, lot 850
2 2     Lindgren I, 998