RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 19470)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 19470)
Province Epirus
Region Epirus
City Nicopolis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ Ϲ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰού(λιος) Φίλιππος Σ(εβαστός)
Translation Emperor Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΑϹ ΝΕΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Α
Edition Ἱερᾶς Νεικοπόλεως Ἄκτια Ἱερᾶς Νεικοπόλεως Ἄ(κτια)
Translation of sacred Nicopolis, Actian (games)
Reverse design A within laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.28 g
Axis 3, 5, 10, 11
Reference Oikonomidou 11–12; Calomino 495 corr., 504
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Note Calomino 495 (= Oikonomidou 12), described as a radiate crown, shows clearly a laureate bust.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ V: GR 11981 Oikonomidou 11α
— —     A: 1940δ Oikonomidou 11β
— —     A Oikonomidou 12 = Calomino 495.1
— —     Beirut Oikonomidou, p. 171, no. 17 and pl. 65; Athens - Beirut hoard
— —     Beirut Oikonomidou, p. 171, no. 18 and pl. 65; Athens - Beirut hoard
— —     Ioannina: 55 Calomino 504.5
— —     Turin-RA: 20704 Calomino 504.6