RPC VIII, 2277

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 2277
Province Pontus
Region Pontus
City Trapezus
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Issue Year ΑΠΡ = 181
Dating AD 244/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΝ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτορα Καίσαρα Μᾶρκον Ἰούλιον Φίλιππον Σεβαστόν Αὐ(τοκράτορα) Κ(αίσαρα) Μ(ᾶρκον) Ἰού(λιον) Φίλιππον Σεβ(αστόν)
Translation for Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philip Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΤΡΑΠΕΖΟΥΝΤΙΩΝ, ΕΤ ΑΠΡ
Edition Τραπεζουντίων ἔτους απρʹ Τραπεζουντίων ἔτ(ους) απρʹ
Translation of the Trapezuntians, year 181
Reverse design turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 13.80 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 54a; Wojan, Trapézonte 148–9
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 4: same obv. die as 2270/1–4, 2274/2–4. 1: same rev. die as 2282/5.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1897,0104.12 Wojan, Trapézonte 149.b
2 2     L: 1971,1013.7 Wojan, Trapézonte 149.c
3 3     B: 18272774, Löbb. Wojan, Trapézonte 148.a = Rec 54a
4 4     CNG 51, 15 Sept. 1999, lot 856 = Wojan, Trapézonte 149.a
5 5     Hecht, British Museum card index