RPC VIII, 766

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 766
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Cius
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, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΚΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Κιανῶν Κιανῶν
Translation of the Cians
Reverse design two goats rearing facing one another; amphora between them
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.73 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rec 113–14
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)
Note Rec 114 refers to the Glasgow coin (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/101404) described as showing a laureate bust, which is not the case, given that all coins listed here share the same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 508
2 2     B: 18273457, Fox
3 3     C
4 4     G Hunter 10 = SNG 1070 (as Philip I, with a laureate bust)
5 5     ✸ NY: 1944.100.42063
6 6    
7 7     CGT coll. = Naville 44, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 130