RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 19898)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 19898)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
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 laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design emperor on horseback riding left, right hand raised, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.66 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rec 730
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note Object held by emperor described as 'Tropaion' in Weiser, but it seems rather to be a sceptre, as shown by type https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/19897.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     B: 18273448, Löbb. Rec 730, pl. LXXXV, 19
— —     ✸ Cologne: NI_0081 Weiser 81
— —     Gorny & Mosch EA 306, 16 Oct. 2024, lot 1426 (W. Weiser coll.) = Kölner Münzkabinett Tyll Kroha Nachfolger 106, 11 Mar. 2017, lot 360 (part)