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
Nominative Imperator Marcus Iulius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΑϹ ΝΕΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Α
Reverse design A within laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
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.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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