RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 19491)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 19491)
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 Tyche standing facing, head right, holding sceptre and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.94 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 9, 12
Reference Oikonomidou 16, 19; Calomino 508–9
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Note Oikonomidou 16 (Calomino 508) shows Tyche with head turned r., Oikonomidou 19 (Calomino 509) shows her with head turned l. Due the poor preservation of the coin listed, Oikonomidou's description of type 19 remained imprecise ('female figure standing r., holding cornucopia').
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     B: 18272731, Fox Oikonomidou 16
— —     G Hunter 6 = SNG 595 = Calomino 508.2
— —     Arta Oikonomidou 19
— —     ✸ Beirut Calomino 509 = Oikonomidou, p. 171, no. 19 and pl. 65; Athens - Beirut hoard
— —     Turin-RA: 20697 Calomino 508.3