RPC VIII, 922

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 922
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Caesar)
Magistrate Aurelius Verus Agathemeros (strategos)
Issue First issues
Dating AD 244–7
Obverse inscription Μ ΙΟΥ(Λ) ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΥΓ
Edition Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Καῖσαρ Αὔγουστος Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλ(ιος) Φίλιππος Καῖσαρ Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Marcus Julius Philip Caesar Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΤΡΑ ΑΥΡΗ ΟΥΗ ΑΓΑΘΗΜΕΡΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition στρατηγοῦ Αὐρηλίου Οὐήρου Ἀγαθημέρου Κυζικηνῶν νεωκόρων στρα(τηγοῦ) Αὐρη(λίου) Οὐή(ρου) Ἀγαθημέρου Κυζικηνῶν νεωκόρων
Translation under strategos Aurelius Verus Agathemeros, of the Cyzicenes, neocorate
Reverse design inscription within laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.44 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4, 6: same pair of dies. 1–4, 6: same rev. die as 923/1–2, 4, 7–8, 924/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     C McClean 7609
2 2     Afyon: 711
3 3     Winterthur GrMW II, 2573
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     ✸ Concordia Numismatic 1, 7 Jan. 2023, lot 668
6 6     Savoca Coins Blue 147, 12 Nov. 2022, lot 624