RPC VIII, 2597

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 2597
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Augustus)
Issue ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Γ and Philip II as Augustus
Dating AD 247
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 radiate and cuirassed bust of Philip II, left, seen from front, sometimes with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Γ, ΑΝΤΙΟΧΙΑ, S C
Edition δημαρχικῆς ἐξουσίας ὕπατος τὸ γʹ Ἀντιοχία senatus consulto δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξουσίας ὕπα(τος) τὸ γʹ Ἀντιοχία s(enatus) c(onsulto)
Translation holder of tribunician power, consul for the third time, Antioch, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design eagle standing right, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.30 g
Axis 1, 6, 7
Reference Prieur 402 and 402A; McAlee 1032a–b
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.59175
2 2     O: Walker
3 3     Artemide Aste LXI, 4–5 May 2024, lot 635
4 4     CNG EA 297, 27 Feb. 2013, lot 209
5 5     ✸ CNG EA 453, 2 Oct. 2019, lot 329 = Prieur coll.
6 6     iNumis MBS 8, 20 Mar. 2009, lot 347
7 7     Leu WA 28, 9 Dec. 2023, lot 2593
8 8     Naville Numismatics 29, 26 Feb. 2017, lot 276