RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 15989)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 15989)
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 DAMAS METROP, ΑΓΙΑ ΙΕΡΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΜΙΑ (on crown)
Edition col(onia) Damas(cos) Metrop(olis) Ἁγία Ἱερά Σεβασμία
Translation the colony of Damascus, metropolis; holy, sacred, (and) Augustan
Reverse design agonistic crown, inscribed, containing palm or cypress branch; below, ram's head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 16.67 g
Axis 1, 3, 6, 12
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     NY: 1944.100.51964
— —     ✸ IMJ: 4291
— —     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 40, 27 May 2018, lot 242
— —     CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 1035
— —     CNG EA 111, 30 Mar. 2005, lot 103
— —     CNG EA 239, 25 Aug. 2010, lot 382
— —     Nomos Obolos WA 33, 8 Sept. 2024, lot 882