RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 19989)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 19989)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Nominative Marcus Iulius Philippus Caesar
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design youthful male figure seated nude on rock, right, resting arm on uncertain circular object (water urn?), and holding uncertain object; to right, branch (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Reference Rec —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The design was described as "Asclepius (?) seated on rock, r., holding serpent-staff; at r., tree" in the SNG vA. 

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ SNG vA 830