RPC VIII, 2604

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 2604
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Issue ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Δ, without officina mark
Dating AD c.248
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 and cuirassed bust of Philip I, left, seen from front, wearing balteus, holding spear resting on shoulder and shield (decorated with Philip I riding on galloping horse left, spearing enemy seated on ground)
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Δ, ΑΝΤΙΟΧΙΑ, S C
Edition δημαρχικῆς ἐξουσίας ὕπατος τὸ δ' Ἀντιοχία senatus consulto δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξουσίας ὕπα(τος) τὸ δ' Ἀντιοχία s(enatus) c(onsulto)
Translation with tribunician power, consul for the fourth time, Antioch, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design eagle standing left, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.40 g
Axis 1, 7
Reference Prieur 427; McAlee 946
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.59137
2 2     ✸ O: Walker
3 3     CNG EA 172, 5 Sept. 2007, lot 105
4 4     CNG EA 453, 2 Oct. 2019, lot 321 = Prieur coll.
5 5     CNG EA 510, 23 Feb. 2022, lot 466
6 6     Naumann 145, 6 Oct. 2024, lot 412