RPC VIII, 2706

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 2706
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus) ; Philip II (Augustus)
Issue Bronze: Issue 2
Dating AD 247–9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΙ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτορες Καίσαρες Μᾶρκοι Ἰούλιοι Φίλιπποι Σεβαστοὶ Αὐτοκ(ράτορες) Κ(αίσαρες) Μ(ᾶρκοι) Ἰούλι(οι) Φίλιπποι Σεβ(αστοὶ)
Translation Emperors Caesars, Marcus Julius Philip I and II, Augusti
Obverse design confronted busts of Philip I, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from front, and Philip II, radiate, draped and cuirassed, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛΩΝ, Δ Ε, S C
Edition Ἀντιοχέων μητροπόλεως κολωνίας δʹ ἐπαρχιῶν senatus consulto Ἀντιοχέων μητρο(πόλεως) κολων(ίας) δʹ ἐ(παρχιῶν) s(enatus) c(onsulto)
Translation of the Antiochenes, metropolis colony, of the 4 eparchies, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design veiled, turreted and draped bust of Tyche, right; above, ram leaping right, head left; below, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.84 g
Axis 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference CRS 498b; McAlee 1000
Specimens 44 (16 in the core collections)
Note Several specimens appear to be modern casts, e.g. Paris (AA.GR.18180) 14.50g; and Winterthur G 7636, 14.57g
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: G.5470 BMC 535
2 2     L: 1844,0425.1171.H BMC 536
3 3     P: Chandon de Briailles 1493
4 4     P: 789
5 5     B: 18257618, Löbb.
6 6     B: 18274729, Fox
7 7     C: 511-1993
8 8     C: Leake
9 9     C: Leake
10 10     Cop SNG 273
11 11     G SNG 3066
12 12     NY: 1910.88.49
13 13     NY: 1944.100.66091
14 14     NY: 1944.100.66090
15 15     V: GR 21552
16 16     V: GR 21551
17 17     Beirut-AUB: C180
18 18     Cologne: SYSK_0288
19 19     Freiburg: 12363
20 20     Yale: 2001.87.7224
21 21     Yale: 1938.6000.858 Bellinger, Hoards 8–9, no. 210; Dura Excavations, no. 1734
22 22     CGT coll.
23 23     CGT coll.
24 24     CGT coll.
25 25     CNG 49, 17 Mar. 1999, lot 1083
26 26     CNG EA 106, 19 Jan. 2005, lot 215
27 27     CNG EA 147, 6 Sept. 2006, lot 106
28 28     CNG EA 342, 14 Jan. 2015, lot 464
29 29     CNG EA 379, 27 July 2016, lot 318 = CNG 43, 24 Sept. 1997, lot 1115 = CNG MBS 58, 19 Sept. 2001, lot 961
30 30     CNG EA 541, 28 June 2023, lot 376
31 31     CNG EA 71, 20 Aug. 2003, lot 103
32 32     CNG EA 91, 9 June 2004, lot 133
33 33     CNG EA 99, 13 Oct. 2004, lot 76
34 34     CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1207
35 35     Kölner Münzkabinett 121, 12 Apr. 2024, lot 425
36 36     Lindgren I, A2019A
37 37     M&M GmbH 14, 16 Apr. 2004, lot 653
38 38     McAlee coll.
39 39     McAlee coll. = McAlee 1000/4 = CNG EA 200, 3 Dec. 2008, lot 285
40 40     Noonans 312, 22 Oct. 2024, lot 358
41 41     Private coll.
42 42     Private coll.
43 43     Roma Numismatics EA 114, 23 Nov. 2023, lot 799
44 44     Sol Numismatik 13, 20 May 2023, lot 217