RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 15982)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 15982)
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)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Iulius Philippus Pius Felix Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Philip I, left, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL DAMAS METROP
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
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 11 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

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