RPC VIII, 2648

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 2648
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (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 II, right, seen from front, sometimes with left arm of cuirass raised
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 12.22 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Prieur 458; McAlee 1048b–c
Specimens 14 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1980,0411.2
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.59192
3 3     NY: 1944.100.59193
4 4     NY: 1944.100.59194
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CNG 45, 18 Mar. 1998, lot 975
7 7     CNG EA 71, 20 Aug. 2003, lot 106
8 8     Künker eLive 78, 17 July 2023, lot 5522
9 9     Leu WA 17, 14 Aug. 2021, lot 1961
10 10     Naumann 144, 1 Sept. 2024, lot 377
11 11     Naville Numismatics 14, 22 Apr. 2015, lot 253 = Naville Numismatics 11, 30 Nov. 2014, lot 258
12 12     Rauch 109, 11 Nov. 2019, lot 199
13 13     Roma Numismatics EA 2, 30 Aug. 2018, lot 480
14 14     Trade (Dionysos Numismatik, eBay, 2013)