RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 15984)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 15984)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus) ; Philip II (Augustus)
Issue Fine style
Dating AD 247–9
Obverse inscription IMPP DD NN PHILIPPIS AVGG
Edition Imp(eratoribus) D(ominis) N(ostris) Philippis Aug(ustis)
Translation to our Emperors and Lords the Philips Augusti
Obverse design confronted busts of Philip I, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from front, and Philip II, radiate, draped and cuirassed, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL DAMA METRO
Edition col(onia) Dama(scus) Metro(polis)
Translation 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 30 mm
Average weight 16.98 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     Mu
— —     ✸ R. McAlee coll.
— —     Rosenberger 48
— —     Stack's Vermeule, Ward, and Mexico Maxico Collections, 11 Jan. 2010, lot 299 = Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 1134