RPC VIII, 1360

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 1360
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Herakleidianos (strategos)
Issue First issue
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Αὔγουστος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλ(ιος) Φίλιππος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΙΑΝΟΥ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩ(Κ), ΧΡΥϹΑΝΘΙΝΑ, Α
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Αὐρηλίου Ἡρακλειδιανοῦ Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκόρων Χρυσάνθινα αʹ ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἡρακλειδιανοῦ Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκ(όρων) Χρυσάνθινα αʹ
Translation under strategos Aurelius Herakleidianos of the Sardians, twice neocorate, Chrysanthine, first
Reverse design inscription within wreath made of helichrysum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 21.99 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Hochard 2131–3
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–7: same obv. die as 1118/1 (Thyatira), 1397/1–3 (Saitta), 1398/1 (Saitta), 1462/1–4 (Blaundus), 1463/1–2 (Blaundus), 1464/1–5 (Blaundus), 1549/1 (Laodicea ad Lycum), 1550/1–3 (Laodicea ad Lycum), 1680/1–5 (Tripolis), 1681/1 (Tripolis), 1701/1–6 (Tripolis).
Note A coin of this type is also mentioned in KM, p. 185, no. 5 (seen in trade).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1900,0404.65 BMC 196 = Kraft pl. 35, 49d
2 2     P: 1327
3 3     ✸ B: 18202509, Löbb.
4 4     Mu SNG 545
5 5     Verona: 72795 SNG 1722
6 6     Künker 433, 10 Nov. 2025, lot 6104 = Gorny & Mosch 317, 10 March 2026, lot 594
7 7     Nomos 32, 8 June 2024, lot 203 = Gorny & Mosch 107, 2 Apr. 2001, lot 311 = Gorny & Mosch 122, 10 Mar. 2003, lot 1795