RPC VIII, 2821

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 2821
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(O)(N)(I) DAMAS(C)(O) METRO(P)(O)(LI), ΙΕΡΑ, ϹΕΒΑϹΜΙΑ
Edition colonia Damasco metropoli ἱερὰ Σεβάσμια coloni(a) Damasco metropoli ἱερὰ Σεβάσμια
Translation in the colony Damascus, metropolis; the sacred Sebasmian (games)
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

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1908,0110.2382
2 2     L: G.4145 BMC 22
3 3     P: 75
4 4     B: 18257432, Fox
5 5     B: 18257431, Löbb.
6 6     NY: 1944.100.83698
7 7     NY: 1944.100.83695
8 8     V: GR 21875
9 9     Beirut-AUB: C1581
10 10     CGT coll. = CNG EA 309, 21 Aug. 2013, lot 173
11 11     CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 210 = Dix, Noonan Webb, 29 Sept. 2008, lot 5714
12 12     CNG EA 264, 21 Sept. 2011, lot 315 = CNG EA 407, 11 Oct. 2017, lot 302
13 13     Heritage CICF Signature Sale 3040, 9 Apr. 2015, lot 31198
14 14     Roma Numismatics EA 52, 10 Jan. 2019, lot 604
15 15     Savoca Coins Blue 208th Weekly Blue, 27 Apr. 2024, lot 341