RPC VIII, 217

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 217
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Issue First group, with ΠΥΘΙΑ
Dating AD 244/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰού(λιος) Φίλιππος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philip
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ Ν(Ε), ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων νεωκόρων Πύθια Θεσσαλονικέων νε(ωκόρων) Πύθια
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate, Pythian (games)
Reverse design agonistic table seen in perspective from left with amphora, agonistic crown containing palm branch and five apples on top
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.22 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Touratsoglou 33, 69–72
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–4: same rev. die as 216/1–2, 4.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Belgrade-Nar: Krakov coll. Touratsoglou 33, 69
2 2     Leeds-UL: 590
3 3     Yale: 2004.6.1408 Touratsoglou 33, 70
4 4     ✸ Nomos 32, 8 June 2024, lot 301