RPC VIII, 750

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 750
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusa ad Olympum
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Μ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ Κ
Edition Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Καῖσαρ Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Marcus Julius Philippus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΩΝ
Edition Προυσαέων Προυσαέων
Translation of the Prusaeans
Reverse design hero on horseback riding right, spearing boar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 8.99 g
Axis 6, 7, 8
Reference Rec 168
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 3: same obv. die as 751/2.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1560 Wa 521 = Rec 168, pl. CII, 33
2 2     Cop SNG 603
3 3     Mu
4 4     Ancient Rarity Coins 1, 13 Feb. 2026, lot 442
5 5     Papillon 8, 19 Sept. 2021, lot 762