RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 19809)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 19809)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Cius
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Μ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ Κ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Marcus Julius Philippus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΚΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Κιανῶν
Translation of the Cians
Reverse design two goats rearing facing one another; amphora between them
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.73 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rec 113–14
Specimens 6 (5 in the core collections)
Note Rec 114 refers to the Glasgow coin (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/101404) described as showing a laureate bust, which is not the case, given that all coins listed here share the same obv. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    P: 508
    B: 18273457, Fox
    C
    G Hunter 10 = SNG 1070 (as Philip I, with a laureate bust)
    ✸ NY: 1944.100.42063
    CGT coll. = Naville 44, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 130