RPC VIII, 3138

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 3138
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Issue LΒ = year 2
Dating AD 244/5
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Edition Ἀὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Εὐσεβής Ἀ(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰού(λιος) Φίλιππος Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Piοus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription L (-) Β
Edition ἔτους βʹ (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design Nike advancing right, holding wreath and palm over shoulder
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.47 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1964; D 4890; M 3543; Geissen 2711
Specimens 23 (12 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1856,0903.37 BMC 1964
2 2     L: 1950,1006.154 BMC Supp. 3231
3 3     P: 3216
4 4     P: AA.GR.21975
5 5     ✸ B: 18275583, Löbb.
6 6     B: 18275584, 1951/738
7 7     Cop SNG 708
8 8     G SNG 4559
9 9     NY: 1944.100.66981
10 10     NY: 1974.26.4340
11 11     O: HCR31037 M 3543
12 12     V: GR 25302
13 13     A: 4116 (Demetriou)
14 14     Cologne Geissen 2711
15 15     A. Tomaszewski coll.
16 16     CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 315
17 17     DS 12438
18 18     DS Supp. 609
19 19     Hirsch 317, 18 Feb. 2016, lot 2349
20 20     J. Aiello coll.
21 21     Kölner Münzkabinett 122, 4 Oct. 2024, lot 778 = Bayerische Vereinsbank & Hirsch 1, 1978, lot 285 = D 4890
22 22     Naville Numismatics 62, 13 Dec. 2020, lot 300
23 23     Private coll.