RPC VIII, 1779

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 1779
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 ΠΡ ΤΟ Β ΚΙΔΥΗϹϹΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Αὐρηλίου Μάρκου ἄρχοντος πρώτου τὸ βʹ Κιδυησσέων ἐπὶ Αὐρ(ηλίου) Μάρκου ἄρχ(οντος) πρ(ώτου) τὸ βʹ Κιδυησσέων
Translation under Aurelius Marcus, first archon for the second time, of the Cidyessians
Reverse design Mên (?) standing right, holding patera and sceptre, facing Zeus seated left, holding patera and sceptre; between them, lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 18.46 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference vA, Phrygien I, 588–91
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3, 5–7: same obv. die as 1778/1–3, 1783/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1857,1223.15 BMC 15 = vA, Phrygien I, 588
2 2     B: 18274359, Fox Kraft pl. 52, 18 = vA, Phrygien I, 591
3 3     Mu SNG 306 = vA, Phrygien I, 589
4 4     Rome vA, Phrygien I, 590
5 5     Leu WA 19, 26 Feb. 2022, lot 2178
6 6     Leu Web 2, 26 Nov. 2017, lot 432
7 7     Solidus 135, 17 Sept. 2024, lot 235