RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 15987)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 15987)
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
Nominative Imperatori domini nostri Philippi 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 DAMAS METROPO, ΙΕΡΑ, ϹΕΒΑϹΜΙΑ
Reverse design wreath with large terminal decoration inscribed ΙΕΡΑ and containing ϹƐΒΑϹΜΙΑ; below, ram's head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1908,0110.2384
    NY: 1944.100.83709
    V: GR 21878
    Agora 30, 14 Apr. 2015, lot 93
    CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 1036
    CNG EA 264, 21 Sept. 2011, lot 316
    ✸ Private coll. = Dix, Noonan Webb, 29 Sept. 2008, lot 5727