RPC VIII, 3087

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 3087
Province Arabia
Region Arabia
City Philippopolis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Dating AD 247–9
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, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΚΟΛΩΝΙΑϹ, S C
Edition Φιλιπποπολιτῶν κολωνίας Senatus Consulto Φιλιπποπολιτῶν κολωνίας S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation of the Philippopolitans, colony, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design Roma seated on shield, left, holding two small figures of Philip’s parents on an eagle, and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 16.85 g
Axis 1, 3, 6, 11, 12
Reference Spijkerman 3
Specimens 33 (14 in the core collections)
Note The distinction with https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/2279 (Philip II) is based only on the portrait.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.2846 BMC 6
2 2     L: 1908,0110.2223 BMC 7
3 3     L: 1847,1101.291 BMC 8
4 4     P: Chandon de Briailles 1573
5 5     ✸ B: 18275205, Löbb.
6 6     B: 18275207, Fox
7 7     B: 18275206, I-B
8 8     C: Leake
9 9     G SNG 3635
10 10     NY: 1944.100.69416 SNG 1403
11 11     NY: 1944.100.69417 SNG 1404
12 12     NY: 1961.154.216 SNG 1405
13 13     O: Bouchier
14 14     O: Evans
15 15     Beirut-AUB: C3308
16 16     IMJ: 4617 Rosenberger IV, 2
17 17     J-SBF Spijkerman 3
18 18     Münster: 1605
19 19     Tübingen: Slg. Müller 1437
20 20     CGT coll.
21 21     CNG EA 216, 12 Aug. 2009, lot 410
22 22     CNG EA 245, 1 Dec. 2010, lot 297
23 23     CNG EA 531, 25 Jan. 2023, lot 660
24 24     CNG EA 559, 3 Apr. 2024, lot 391
25 25     Felzmann 156, 28 June 2016, lot 206 = Knopek, 30 Sept. 1978, lot 612
26 26     Gorny & Mosch 186, 8 Mar. 2010, lot 1730
27 27     M. Suárez coll.
28 28     Naville Numismatics 39, 29 Apr. 2018, lot 259
29 29     Naville Numismatics 50, 23 June 2019, lot 221
30 30     Private coll.
31 31     Private coll.
32 32     Private coll.
33 33     Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 2883