RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 15985)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 15985)
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 DAMASCO METROPO
Edition col(onia) Damasco Metropo(lis)
Translation Colony Damascus Metropolis
Reverse design Fortuna seated left, on rock, holding fillet or diadem and cornucopia; in upper left field, ram leaping left, head right; below, upper part of river god Chrysoroas swimming
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.26 g
Axis 1, 2, 8, 12
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     P: 1986.432
— —     B: 18257448, Fox
— —     NY: 1944.100.83710
— —     Beirut-AUB: C1576
— —     ✸ IMJ: 4289
— —     CGT coll. = CNG EA 227, 10 Feb. 2010, lot 389
— —     CNG EA 362, 28 Oct. 2015, lot 295