RPC VIII, 591

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 591
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Mesambria
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Caesar)
Obverse inscription ΜΑΡ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Μᾶρκος Ιούλιος Φίλιππος Καῖσαρ Μᾶρ(κος) Ιούλιος Φίλιππος Καῖσαρ
Translation Marcus Julius Philippus Caesar
Obverse design confronted busts of Philip II, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from rear, and Sarapis, draped, left
Reverse inscription ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Μεσαμβριανῶν Μεσαμβριανῶν
Translation of the Mesambrians
Reverse design Homonoia standing left, holding patera and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.46 g
Axis 6, 8, 12
Reference Karayotov 445–8
Specimens 12 (1 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., sometimes, Homonoia is wearing a kalathos on her head.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1966.453, Delepierre 4204
2 2     Nesebar: 1084
3 3     Aphrodite Art Coins G9, 8 Mar. 2025, lot 538
4 4     CNG EA 340, 3 Dec. 2014, lot 272
5 5     CNG EA 357, 12 Aug. 2015, lot 236 = Schulten, 20 Oct. 1988, lot 933
6 6     Eid Mar Auctions GmbH 3, 11 May 2024, lot 263
7 7     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 196, 7 Mar. 2011, lot 2032
8 8     Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4332
9 9     Karayotov 445 = Atanasov coll.
10 10     Münzzentrum Rheinland 193, 10 Mar. 2021, lot 232
11 11     Rauch 71, 28 Apr. 2003, lot 285
12 12     Rauch Summer 2008, 15 Sept. 2008, lot 966