RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 16012)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 16012)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Augustus)
Issue Fine style
Dating AD 247–9
Obverse inscription IMP C M IVL PHILIPPVS P FE AVG
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Iul(ius) Philippus P(ius) Fe(lix) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Pious Fortunate Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, left, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL ΔAMA METRO
Edition col(onia) Dama(scos) Metro(polis)
Translation Colony of Damascus, metropolis
Reverse design Lycurgus (?) advancing left, wearing cloak and Phrygian cap, right arm raised and holding cypress branch (?); before, large crater
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.85 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     B: 18257440, Löbb.
— —     ✸ IMJ: 4306