RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 15980)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 15980)
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 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 col(onia) Damas(cus) Metro(polis)
Translation 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)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: 1908,0110.2376
    B: 18257429, Löbb.
    Beirut-AUB: C1578
    Yale: ILE2013.17.397
    CGT coll. = CNG EA 372, 6 Apr. 2016, lot 340 = Dix, Noonan Webb, 29 Sept. 2008, lot 5711
    CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 650
    CNG EA 341, 17 Dec. 2014, lot 47
    CNG Triton V, 15 Jan. 2002, lot 1764
    Roma EA 112, 7 Sept. 2023, lot 844 = Brousseau 1, 24 June 2021, lot 224
    Roma EA 76, 5 Nov. 2020, lot 782