RPC VIII, 862

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 862
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Μ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Καῖσαρ Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Καῖσαρ
Translation Marcus Julius Philippus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Νικομηδέων δὶς νεωκόρων Νικομηδέων δὶς νεωκόρων
Translation of the Nicomedians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Demeter-Nemesis seated on basket, left, holding ears of corn and torch; next to basket, wheel and serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.71 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Rec 383
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 3, 5: same obv. die as 860/5–6, 866/5, 867/3. 4: same obv. die as 866/6.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1975,0411.83
2 2     B: 18273666, 1685 Pfälzer Sammlung Rec 383, pl. XCVIII, 7, rev.
3 3     C: 218-1948
4 4     C: 219-1948
5 5     Cologne: BI_0142 Corsten 142
6 6     Istanbul: 4718 Güney, Nicomedia 92
7 7     V-ON SNG Leypold 241
8 8     Hecht, British Museum filing cards = Lindgren I, 176
9 9     Leu WA 42, 27 June 2026, lot 1127
10 10     SNG vA 835
11 11     SNG vA 836