RPC VIII, 1745

 

Image of specimen #16

 

Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 1745
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Apamea
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Alexandros II, grandson of Bel— (high priest)
Issue First issue
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Αὔγουστος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Ἰούλ(ιος) Φίλιππος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Julius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟΥ Β ΑΡΧΙ ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ, ΝΩΕ (on ark)
Edition ἐπὶ Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Ἀλεζάνδρου βʹ ἀρχιερέως Ἀπαμέων Νῶε ἐπ(ὶ) Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἀλεζάνδρου βʹ ἀρχι(ερέως) Ἀπαμέων Νῶε
Translation under Marcus Aurelius Alexandros II, high priest, of the Apameans, Noah
Reverse design male and female figures in Noah's ark, floating on waves, left, surmounted by raven and dove holding branch in beak; in front, male and female figures standing left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 19.41 g
Axis 5, 6, 7, 12
Specimens 17 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5, 8, 10–17: same obv. die as 1580/1–2 (Hierapolis), 1582/1–5 (Hierapolis), 1618/1–6 (Hierapolis), 1620/1–5, 7–16 (Hierapolis), 1636/1–4 (Hierapolis), 1666/1–3 (Themisonium), 1717/1–8 (Eumenea), 1718/1–3 (Eumenea), 1744/1–3.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1885,0606.284 BMC 182
2 2     P: 538
3 3     P: AA.GR.17064
4 4     P: 539 Wa 5731
5 5     B: 18262389, 1867/28778
6 6     B: 18274115, I-B
7 7     G Hunter 21 = SNG 2030
8 8     Boston: 63.421
9 9     Florence cast of rev. in Winterthur
10 10     Gemini V, 6 Jan. 2009, lot 295 = SNG vA 3510
11 11     Hauck & Aufhäuser 20, 16 Oct. 2007, lot 463
12 12     Hirsch 167, 26. Sept. 1990, lot 1272
13 13     Künker 273, 14 Mar. 2016, lot 881
14 14     M&M AG 41, 18 June 1970, lot 454
15 15     Numismatik Naumann 57, 3 Sept. 2017, lot 435
16 16     ✸ SNG vA 8348 = Auctiones 8, 27 June 1978, lot 445 = Kraft pl. 34, 44a = Leu 7, 24 Oct. 2020, lot 1457
17 17     Solidus Online 9, 8 Oct. 2016, lot 333 = Leu 5, 27 Oct. 2019, lot 269