RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 19477)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 19477)
Province Epirus
Region Epirus
City Nicopolis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰού(λιος) Φίλιππος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΑϹ ΝΕΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ
Edition Ἱερᾶς Νεικοπόλεως
Translation of sacred Nicopolis
Reverse design Hypsipyle advancing left, with extended arms, looking back at child Archemorus reclining left, on rock entwined by serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.63 g
Axis 3, 5, 8, 11
Reference Oikonomidou 18; Calomino 500
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ B: 18272730, Löbb. Oikonomidou 18α
    C: Leake Oikonomidou 18β
    Beirut Oikonomidou, p. 171, no. 21 and pl. 65; Athens - Beirut hoard
    Turin-RA: 20698 Calomino 500.4
    Turin-RA: 20713 Calomino 500.5