RPC VIII, 3100

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 3100
Province Arabia
Region Arabia
City Bostra
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IM CAS (sic) M IVL PHILIPPOS AVG
Edition Imperator Caesar Marcus Iulius Philippus Augustus Im(perator) Ca<e>s(ar) M(arcus) Iul(ius) Philipp{o}<u>s Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL METROPOLIS BOSTRA
Edition colonia metropolis Bostra col(onia) metropolis Bostra
Translation the colony and metropolis Bostra
Reverse design cuirassed bust of Jupiter Ammon-Sarapis, right, with kalathos and horn, and gorgoneion on cuirass
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 16.23 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Kindler, Bostra 44
Specimens 19 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: M 4640
2 2     P: AA.GR.19406
3 3     P: 97
4 4     B: 18257108, 1925/314
5 5     B: 18274600, Löbb.
6 6     ✸ NY: 1944.100.69303 SNG 1243
7 7     NY: 1944.100.69304 SNG 1243
8 8     NY: 1944.100.69305 SNG 1245
9 9     IMJ: 4223 Rosenberger IV, 50
10 10     IMJ Sofaer 51
11 11     IMJ Sofaer 52
12 12     J-SBF Spijkerman 56/1
13 13     J-SBF Spijkerman 56/2
14 14     Tübingen: Slg. Müller 1456
15 15     CGT coll.
16 16     CNG EA 191, 9 July 2008, lot 148
17 17     CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 354
18 18     Heritage 3024, 18 Apr. 2013, lot 25803 = Heritage 3018, 5 Sept. 2012, lot 20463
19 19     Sternberg 34, 22 Oct. 1998, lot 471