RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 19777)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 19777)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusa ad Olympum
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΩΝ
Edition Προυσαέων
Translation of the Prusaeans
Reverse design helmeted bust of Athena wearing aegis, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.25 g
Axis 5, 6, 7
Reference Rec 159–60
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Note Rec 159 describes the reverse as 'tête barbue casquée, à g. (Arès?)', based on the Mu specimen, but both Rec 159 and 160 are the same type.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     P: 1555 Wa 518 = Rec 160, pl. CII, 26
— —     Mu Rec 159, pl. CII, 25
— —     O: Christ Church
— —     Winterthur GRMK p. 35, no. 3 = GrMW II, 2492
— —     CGT coll. = Saint Paul Antiques 15, 27 Jan. 2018, lot 404
— —     Lindgren I, A188C
— —     ✸ Naumann 87, 1 Mar. 2020, lot 286