RPC VIII, 250

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 250
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 ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΚΕ
Edition Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Κέσαρ Μᾶρ(κος) Ἰούλι(ος) Φίλιππος Κέ(σαρ)
Translation Marcus Julius Philippus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων νεωκόρων Θεσσαλονικέων νεω(κόρων)
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate
Reverse design Nike advancing left, holding five apples and palm branch; at feet, agonistic crown with palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.12 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Touratsoglou 65–6, 131–4
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 6: same obv. die as 249/1, 3, 252/1, 254/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     C: 3241-2007, Mossop
2 2     A: 248/1978 Touratsoglou 66, 133
3 3     A: 1915-1916/IB'9 Touratsoglou 66, 134
4 4     St Petersburg: 3053 Touratsoglou 65, 131
5 5     Thessaloniki Touratsoglou 66, 133 = Lefkochori hoard
6 6     CGT coll.
7 7     ✸ F. Kovacs coll.