RPC VIII, 2485

 

Image of specimen #16

 

Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 2485
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Hierapolis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
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 I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕΑϹ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ (or ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ)
Edition Θεᾶς Συρίας Ἱεροπολιτῶν Θεᾶς Συρίας Ἱεροπολιτῶν
Translation of the Goddess Syria, of the Hierapolitans
Reverse design Atargatis seated on lion walking right, holding sceptre in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 16.54 g
Axis 1, 6, 11, 12
Reference CRS 64a
Specimens 21 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 3: same obv. die as 2444/11 (Zeugma), 2477/2 (Cyrrhus), 2700/58 (Antioch).
Note Some reverse dies give the ethnic as ΙƐΡΑΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: Chandon de Briailles 1443
2 2     P: M 5493
3 3     C: Leake 5855
4 4     Cop SNG 63
5 5     G SNG 2696
6 6     Mu
7 7     NY: 1944.100.65413
8 8     O: Bodley
9 9     Beirut-AUB: C64
10 10     Agora 16, 9 Sept. 2014, lot 90
11 11     Agora 55, 10 May 2016, lot 120 = Agora 39, 25 Aug. 2015, lot 98
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     CGT coll.
14 14     CGT coll.
15 15     CGT coll. = LAC 39, 18 Nov. 2014, lot 135
16 16     ✸ CNG MBS 72, 14 June 2006, lot 1216
17 17     Lindgren I, 1925
18 18     Lindgren I, 1926
19 19     Naumann 133, 1 Oct. 2023, lot 440
20 20     Naumann 136, 7 Jan. 2024, lot 371
21 21     Private coll.