RPC VIII, 2438

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 2438
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Nisibis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Augustus)
Dating AD 247–9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Σεβαστός Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλι(ος) Φίλιππος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΙΟΥ ϹΕΠ ΚΟΛΩ ΝΕϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤ
Edition Ἰουλία Σεπτίμινα κολωνία Νέσιβις μητρόπολις Ἰου(λία) Σεπ(τίμινα) κολω(νία) Νέσιβι(ς) μητ(ρόπολις)
Translation Julian Septimian colony Nisibis, metropolis
Reverse design temple with arched pediment and four columns enclosing draped, veiled and turreted Tyche seated facing, with ram leaping right above her; below, river god swimming right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.83 g
Axis 7, 12
Specimens 14 (5 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: R.12828 BMC 20
2 2     P: 2157
3 3     P: Chandon de Briailles 1577
4 4     NY: 1938.104.137 Bellinger, Hoards 8–9, no. 129
5 5     O
6 6     Beirut-AUB: C3357
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CNG EA 352, 3 June 2015, lot 375
11 11     ✸ M&M GmbH 27, 28 May 2008, lot 2289
12 12     M&M GmbH 11, 7 Nov. 2002, lot 193
13 13     Schulten, 25 Oct. 1984, lot 889
14 14     VAuctions 321, 10 Nov. 2016, lot 136