RPC VIII, 2475

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 2475
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Nicopolis Seleucidis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΕΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ϹΕΛΕΥΚΙΔΟϹ Η
Edition Νεικοπολειτῶν Σελευκίδος ηʹ Νεικοπολειτῶν Σελευκίδος ηʹ
Translation of the Nicopolitans of Seleucis, 8
Reverse design two figures advancing right; before them, half-length figure amid reeds (?); above, Eros flying right, downwards, holding torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.36 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference CRS 17; Bland, Jotapian 5–6
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1966.453 Bland, Jotapian 5a
2 2     J-SBF Bland, Jotapian 6a
3 3     Yale: 2003.12.1
4 4     ✸ CNG EA 352, 3 June 2015, lot 357
5 5     CNG Triton XVIII, 6 Jan. 2015, lot 900 = G. Hirsch, Munich, 175, 23 Sept. 1992, lot 1310 = Bland, Jotapian 5b
6 6     Demeter Coins 21, 15 Sept. 2024, lot 269
7 7     F. Jarman coll. = M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 739 (Righetti)
8 8     Münzzentrum Rheinland 152, 2 Sept. 2009, lot 400
9 9     Triskeles Sale 25, 28 Sept. 2018, lot 294