RPC VIII, 3297

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 3297
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Augustus)
Issue LƐ = year 5
Dating AD 247/8
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ Ε(Υ)(Ϲ)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Εὐσεβής Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰού(λιος) Φίλιππος Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Pious
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Ε
Edition ἔτους εʹ (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design Nilus reclining on hippopotamus left, holding reed and cornucopia; below, crocodile right
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.29 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 2064; D 4903, 5059; M 3724–5
Specimens 18 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1864,1118.836 BMC 2064
2 2     B: 18274563, Löbb.
3 3     NY: 1974.26.4435
4 4     NY: 1944.100.67270
5 5     ✸ O: HCR31275 M 3724
6 6     O: HCR31276 M 3725
7 7     A: 4251 (Demetriou)
8 8     Frankfurt: 3120 Förschner 1008
9 9     CNG EA 563, 5 June 2024, lot 629
10 10     CNG EA 569, 28 Aug. 2024, lot 528
11 11     D 4903 (as Philip I)
12 12     Davissons EA 21, 2 Aug. 2017, lot 58 = Davissons 31, 28 Nov. 2012, lot 133
13 13     DS 10464
14 14     DS 10465
15 15     DS 10466
16 16     Figari & Mosconi 1599 = Hess 251, 7 May 1981, lot 200 = D 5059
17 17     J. Aiello coll.
18 18     Jacquier 52, 15 Sept. 2023, lot 649