RPC VIII, 628

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 628
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Caesar)
Magistrate Gaius Ulpius Pacatus Prastina Messalinus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Obverse inscription Μ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Καῖσαρ Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλιος 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 ΥΠ ΠΡΑϹΤ ΜΕϹϹΑΛΛΕΙΝΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Ε
Edition ὑπατεύοντος Πραστεῖνα Μεσσαλείνου Μαρκιανοπολειτῶν εʹ ὑπ(ατεύοντος) Πραστ(εῖνα) Μεσσαλείνου Μαρκιανοπολειτῶν εʹ
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Prastina Messalinus, of the Marcianopolitans, 5
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.38 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference AMNG —; Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.44.20.1
Specimens 8 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 7: same obv. die as 635/7.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     CGT coll.
2 2     Emporium Hamburg Alpha 2, 13 Jan. 2019, lot 367
3 3     Gorny & Mosch 265, 14 Oct. 2019, lot 722
4 4     Horsky 1917, lot 471
5 5     Naumann 119, 7 Aug. 2022, lot 388
6 6     Pfeiffer 753
7 7     ✸ Pfeiffer 753, 01 = Pecunem Solidus 25, 16 Nov. 2014, lot 103
8 8     Rauch EA 38, 15 Oct. 2021, lot 169