RPC VIII, 923

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 923
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Caesar)
Magistrate Aurelius Verus Agathemeros (strategos)
Issue First issues
Dating AD 244–7
Obverse inscription Μ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑΥ
Edition Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Αὔγουστος Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Αὔ(γουστος)
Translation Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΤΡΑ ΑΥΡΗ ΟΥΗ ΑΓΑΘΗΜΕΡΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition στρατηγοῦ Αὐρηλίου Οὐήρου Ἀγαθημέρου Κυζικηνῶν νεωκόρων στρα(τηγοῦ) Αὐρη(λίου) Οὐή(ρου) Ἀγαθημέρου Κυζικηνῶν νεωκόρων
Translation under strategos Aurelius Verus Agathemeros, of the Cyzicenes, neocorate
Reverse design inscription within laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.75 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 4, 7–8: same pair of dies. 1–8: same obv. die as 927/2. 1–2, 4, 7–8: same rev. die as 922/1–4, 6, 924/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 533 SNG 855
2 2     B: 18264832, Löbb.
3 3     Ancient Rarity Coins 4, 29 May 2026, lot 357
4 4     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 29, 26 Feb. 2017, lot 217 = Naville Numismatics 14, 22 Apr. 2015, lot 225
5 5     ✸ CNG EA 592, 30 July 2025, lot 305
6 6     Falghera 2278
7 7     Hirsch 346, 13 Feb. 2019, lot 2852
8 8     Lindgren I, 235