RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 20254)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 20254)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Cornelius Aquila (first archon)
Issue Second issue
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλ(ιος) Φίλιππος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠ Π ΚΟΡ ΑΚΥΛΑ ΑΡΧ Α, ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, ΖΕΥϹ ΛΥΔΙΟ[Ϲ] (on pedestal)
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) Π(οπλίου) Κορ(νηλίου) Ἀκύλα ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ Σαρδιανῶν δὶς νεωκόρων Ζεὺς Λύδιος
Translation under Publius Cornelius Aquila, first archon, of the Sardians, twice neocorate, Zeus of Lydia
Reverse design sacrificial scene with central lighted altar, four bull's heads appearing amid the flames; at left, Heracles holding club leading humped bull to altar; at right, statue of Zeus Lydios holding patera and sceptre standing on inscribed base, beneath tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 50 mm
Average weight 43.51 g
Axis 12
Reference Hochard 2130
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ Boston: 1972.389 Price & Trell p. 138, fig. 245 = R. E. Hecht, 'Some Greek imperial coins in my collection', NC 1968, p. 29, no. 6