RPC VIII, 2814

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 2814
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 DAMAS METROP
Edition colonia Damasco metropoli col(onia) Damas(co) metrop(oli)
Translation in the colony Damascus, metropolis
Reverse design Hercules standing left, holding club and lion skin, right arm outstretched, draped with uncertain object (animal skin?); in upper left field, ram's head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 17.52 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 11 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1931,0603.29
2 2     IMJ: 15842
3 3     CNG 106, 13 Sept. 2017, lot 612 = CNG 85, 15 Sept. 2010, lot 657
4 4     CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 214 = Dix, Noonan Webb, 29 Sept. 2008, lot 5721
5 5     CNG EA 302, 8 May 2013, lot 273
6 6     CNG EA 307, 24 July 2013, lot 197
7 7     CNG EA 341, 17 Dec. 2014, lot 48
8 8     ✸ CNG EA 368, 10 Feb. 2016, lot 275
9 9     CNG Triton XV, 3 Jan. 2012, lot 1430 = M&M AG 86, 3 June 1998, lot 94
10 10     Heritage Long Beach Signature Sale 3035, 3 Sept. 2014, lot 32141
11 11     M&M GmbH 14, 16 Apr. 2004, lot 692 = Hirsch 167, 26 Sept. 1990, lot 1275