RPC — Type: 19488


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URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/19488 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VIII
Number	— (unassigned; ID 19488)
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 and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription	ΙΕΡΑϹ ΝΕΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ
Edition	Ἱερᾶς Νεικοπόλεως
Translation	of sacred Nicopolis
Reverse design	Aktia seated left, holding agonistic crown and sceptre
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	25 mm
Average weight	7.76 g
Axis	1, 5
Reference	Oikonomidou 13; Calomino 501
Specimens	3 (1 in the core collections)
Note	On earlier coins, the deity holds what is clearly a palm branch and not a sceptre.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
—	— ✸	B: 18272729, Rauch	Oikonomidou 13	25	8.65	5	Show
—	—	Beirut	Oikonomidou, p. 171, no. 22 and pl. 65; Athens - Beirut hoard		6.87	1	Show
—	—		Leucas excavations = Calomino 501.3				Show