RPC VIII, 245

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 245
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Caesar)
Issue First group, with ΠΥΘΙΑ
Dating AD 244/5
Obverse inscription ΜΑΡ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΚΕ
Edition Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Κέσαρ Μᾶρ(κος) Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Κέ(σαρ)
Translation Marcus Julius Philippus Caesar
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων νεωκόρων Θεσσαλονικέων νε(ωκόρων)
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate
Reverse design Apollo standing left, holding laurel branch on top of his head and bow resting on serpent-entwined column; in front of him, tripod on top of which agonistic crown with five apples
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.81 g
Axis 12
Reference Touratsoglou 73, 143
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 192/1–3, 233/1, 3–4, 6.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18272709, Rauch Touratsoglou 73, 143