RPC VIII, 2803

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 2803
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Issue Fine style
Dating AD 247–9
Obverse inscription IMP C M IVL PHILIPPVS PIO FEL AVG (sic)
Edition Imperator Caesar Marcus Iulius Philippus Pius Felix Augustus Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Iul(ius) Philippus Pi{o}(us) Fel(ix) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Pious Fortunate Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Philip I, left, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL ΔAMAS METRO
Edition colonia Δamasco metropoli col(onia) Δamas(co) metro(poli)
Translation in the colony Damascus, metropolis
Reverse design deer with antlers standing right; beneath, infant seated left as if suckling; in exergue, ram's head right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 16.47 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1908,0110.2376
2 2     B: 18257429, Löbb.
3 3     Beirut-AUB: C1578
4 4     Yale: ILE2013.17.397
5 5     CGT coll. = CNG EA 372, 6 Apr. 2016, lot 340 = Dix, Noonan Webb, 29 Sept. 2008, lot 5711
6 6     CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 650
7 7     CNG EA 341, 17 Dec. 2014, lot 47
8 8     CNG Triton V, 15 Jan. 2002, lot 1764
9 9     Roma EA 112, 7 Sept. 2023, lot 844 = Brousseau 1, 24 June 2021, lot 224
10 10     Roma EA 76, 5 Nov. 2020, lot 782