RPC VIII, 3183

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 3183
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 conjoined bust of Helios, radiate and draped, with bust of Selene, draped, with crescent, right
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 13.21 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 4878
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18275609, 1846/6280
2 2     G SNG 4562
3 3     NY: 1944.100.66998
4 4     A: 4123 (Demetriou)
5 5     Hirsch 170, 22 May 1991, lot 1480
6 6     ✸ Kölner Münzkabinett 122, 4 Oct. 2024, lot 781 = Münzschätze Lagerliste 6, 1974, lot 221 = D 4878
7 7     Pecunem 43, 1 May 2016, lot 781