RPC VIII, 2618

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 2618
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, holding balteus, 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 right, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.52 g
Axis 1, 2, 8
Reference Prieur 428; McAlee 945
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1980,0411.1
2 2     B: 18273346, Löbb.
3 3     CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 624
4 4     CNG EA 330, 9 July 2014, lot 183
5 5     CNG EA 439, 6 Mar. 2019, lot 345 = Prieur coll.
6 6     Emporium Hamburg 77, 17 Nov. 2016, lot 596 (part of) = Auktionshaus Felzmann 156, 28 June 2016, lot 213 = Auktionshaus Felzmann 155, 1 Mar. 2016, lot 171 = Auktionshaus Felzmann 154, 3 Nov. 2015, lot 1366
7 7     Emporium Hamburg 84, 2 Mar. 2019, lot 290
8 8     Künker 280, 26 Sept. 2016, lot 793 = Hirsch 167, 26 Sept. 1990, lot 1287
9 9     ✸ Private coll.