RPC VIII, 1778

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 1778
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Synnada
Region Phrygia
City Cidyessus
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus) ; Philip II (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Marcus (first archon for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΙ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτορες Καίσαρες Μᾶρκοι Ἰούλιοι Φίλιπποι Σεβαστοί Αὐτ(οκράτορες) Κ(αίσαρες) Μ(ᾶρκοι) Ἰού(λιοι) Φίλιπποι Σεβ(αστοί)
Translation Emperors Caesars Marcus Julius Philip I and II, Augusti
Obverse design confronted busts of Philip I, radiate, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from rear, and Philip II, laureate, draped and cuirassed, left, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΑΡΧ ΠΡΩ ΤΟ Β ΚΙΔΥΗϹϹΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Αὐρηλίου Μάρκου ἄρχοντος πρώτου τὸ βʹ Κιδυησσέων ἐπὶ Αὐρ(ηλίου) Μάρκου ἄρχ(οντος) πρώ(του) τὸ βʹ Κιδυησσέων
Translation under Aurelius Marcus, first archon for the second time, of the Cidyessians
Reverse design Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera, facing Asclepius standing left, holding serpent staff; between them, Telesphorus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 19.18 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference vA, Phrygien I, 584–5
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die as 1779/1–3, 5–7, 1783/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 795 vA, Phrygien I, 585
2 2     Florence vA, Phrygien I, 584
3 3     CNG Triton XII, 6 Jan. 2009, lot 735
4 4     ✸ Nomos Obolos WA 20, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 996
5 5     Savoca 115th Blue, 9 Oct. 2021, lot 684