RPC VIII, 1749

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 1749
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Apamea
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Caesar)
Issue First issue
Obverse inscription Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ Κ
Edition Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Καῖσαρ Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλ(ιος) 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 ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ
Edition Ἀπαμέων Ἀπαμέων
Translation of the Apameans
Reverse design Helios advancing left, holding whip, raising hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.01 g
Axis 5, 6
Specimens 12 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–12: same obv. die as 1606/1–12 (Hierapolis), 1607/2–9 (Hierapolis), 1748/1–9, 1750/1–12.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1902,1002.44 BMC 188
2 2     L: 1902,1002.46 BMC 189
3 3     ✸ B: 18274122, B-I KM p. 213, no. 26
4 4     Cop SNG 221
5 5     V: GR 30877
6 6     Afyon: 2041
7 7     V-ON SNG Leypold 1466
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     Lindgren I, 906
11 11     N&N London EA 13, 26 Feb. 2023, lot 392
12 12     SPQR Collection 4, 28–29 Nov. 2024, lot 674