RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 15981)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 15981)
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(O)(N)(I) DAMAS(C)(O) METRO(P)(O)(LI), ΙΕΡΑ, ϹΕΒΑϹΜΙΑ
Edition coloni(a) Damasco(s) metropoli(s) ἱερὰ σεβασμία
Translation the colony of Damascus, metropolis; holy and Augustan
Reverse design wreath with large terminal decoration inscribed ΙƐΡΑ and containing ϹƐΒΑϹΜΙΑ; below, ram's head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 16.46 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Specimens 15 (8 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., sometimes METROPV (sic).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ L: 1908,0110.2382
— —     L: G.4145 BMC 22
— —     P: 75
— —     B: 18257432, Fox
— —     B: 18257431, Löbb.
— —     NY: 1944.100.83698
— —     NY: 1944.100.83695
— —     V: GR 21875
— —     Beirut-AUB: C1581
— —     CGT coll. = CNG EA 309, 21 Aug. 2013, lot 173
— —     CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 210 = Dix, Noonan Webb, 29 Sept. 2008, lot 5714
— —     CNG EA 264, 21 Sept. 2011, lot 315 = CNG EA 407, 11 Oct. 2017, lot 302
— —     Heritage CICF Signature Sale 3040, 9 Apr. 2015, lot 31198
— —     Roma Numismatics EA 52, 10 Jan. 2019, lot 604
— —     Savoca Coins Blue 208th Weekly Blue, 27 Apr. 2024, lot 341