RPC VIII, 388

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 388
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Bizya
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Αὔγουστος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλ(ιος) Φίλιππος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΒΙΖΥΗΝΩΝ
Edition Βιζυηνῶν Βιζυηνῶν
Translation of the Bizyans
Reverse design Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 13.50 g
Axis 6
Reference Jurukova, Bizye 102 corr. and 107; Tachev, Bizija 146–8
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1525
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, no ligature ΑΥΓ. The figure is described as Sarapis by Jurukova, but the coins listed show a female figure that is certainly Homonoia. See however type https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48660 for a representation that is more likely to be Sarapis.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Sofia: 5025 Jurukova, Bizye pl. 16, 102
2 2     St Petersburg: 4738
3 3     Agora Auctions 110, 18 Apr. 2023, lot 93
4 4     ✸ CNG EA 320, 12 Feb. 2014, lot 264
5 5     Tachev, Bizija 147
6 6     Tachev, Bizija 148