RPC VIII, 3178

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 3178
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Issue LΓ = year 3
Dating AD 245/6
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 (-) Γ
Edition ἔτους γʹ (ἔτους) γʹ
Translation of year 3
Reverse design head of Ammon, right, wearing horn and headdress of ram’s horns, with drapery on left shoulder
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.51 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1943; D 4930; M 3613
Specimens 14 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.796 BMC 1943
2 2     ✸ P: 1967.1876
3 3     P: 3219
4 4     NY: 1935.117.880
5 5     NY: 1944.100.67013
6 6     NY: 1974.26.4352
7 7     O: HCR31075 M 3613
8 8     V: GR 37993
9 9     A: 4121 (Demetriou)
10 10     Birkler & Waddell 2, 11 Dec. 1980, lot 459
11 11     DS 10382
12 12     J. Aiello coll.
13 13     Kölner Münzkabinett 122, 4 Oct. 2024, lot 785 = M&M Basel FPL 399, April 1978, lot 221 = D 4930
14 14     Münzzentrum Rheinland 135, 10 Jan. 2007, lot 387 = DS 10381