RPC VIII, 2192

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 2192
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Carallia
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Augustus)
Issue Philip II as Augustus
Dating AD 247–9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΜΑΡΚ ΙΟΥΛ ϹΕΟΥΗΡ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΝ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτοκράτορα Καίσαρα Μᾶρκον Ἰούλιον Σεουῆρον Φίλιππον Σεβαστόν Αὐτ(οκράτορα) Κ(αίσαρα) Μᾶρκ(ον) Ἰούλ(ιον) Σεουῆρ(ον) Φίλιππον Σε(βαστόν)
Translation for Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Severus Philippus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΚΑΡΑΛΛΙΩΤΩΝ
Edition Καραλλιωτῶν Καραλλιωτῶν
Translation of the Carallians
Reverse design temple with two columns enclosing Tyche seated left, on rock, holding ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 16.57 g
Axis 6
Reference Watson 787
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2193/1–2. 1: same rev. die as RPC VI 6065/1, RPC VI 6071/1–2, 4, RPC VI 6075/1–5, 7–10, RPC VII.2 2682/1–3, RPC X 3728/1–4.
Note The last three letters of the rev. legend (ΤΩΝ) are inverted. The rev. die was previously used under Elagabalus (Watson 25), Severus Alexander (Watson 202) and Maximinus (Watson 404), and Gordian III (RPC VII.2, 2682). It was also used later in the joint reign of Valerian and Gallienus (Watson 1386).
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