RPC VIII, 3009

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 3009
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Neapolis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Philip I (Augustus)
Dating AD 247–9
Obverse inscription IMP C M IVL PHILIPPO P F AVG
Edition Imperatori Caesari Marco Iulio Philippo Pio Felici Augusto Imp(eratori) C(aesari) M(arco) Iul(io) Philippo P(io) F(elici) Aug(usto)
Translation to Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Pious Fortunate Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL SER(G) NEAP(OL)
Edition colonia Sergia Neapolis col(onia) Serg(ia) Neapol(is)
Translation colony Sergia Neapolis
Reverse design Philip I (or Philip II?), laureate, on horseback, riding right, raising right arm; above, Mount Gerizim
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.31 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference Harl, Neapolis 63–4
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 3002/1, 3, 3042/2–3, 6, 8, 12–14, 19, 3046/1, 3059/1, 3071/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.2147 BMC 142
2 2     B: 18275111, B-I GRMK p. 241, no. 1
3 3     Beirut-AUB: C1880 Baramki 48, pl. V, 5
4 4     IMJ: 350
5 5     IMJ Sofaer 203
6 6     IMJ Sofaer 204 = Sternberg, 25 Nov. 1976, lot 667
7 7     CNG EA 559, 3 Apr. 2024, lot 382 = CNG 90, 23 May 2012, lot 1242 = Sternberg 34, 22 Oct. 1998, lot 260
8 8     Goldberg 106, 4 Sept. 2018, lot 1381
9 9     Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 2228 = Peus 388, 1 Nov. 2006, lot 1147
10 10     ✸ Heritage 3018, 5 Sept. 2012, lot 20446