RPC VIII, 1063

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 1063
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Magistrate Aph— Epiktetos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰού(λιος) Φίλιππος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philip
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩ ΕΠ Ϲ ΑΦ ΕΠΙΚΤΗΤΟΥ
Edition Σμυρναίων γʹ νεωκόρων ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Ἀφ— Ἐπικτήτου Σμυρναίων γʹ νεω(κόρων) ἐπ(ὶ) σ(τρατηγοῦ) Ἀφ(—) Ἐπικτήτου
Translation of the Smyrnaeans, three times neocorate, under strategos Aph— Epiktetos
Reverse design Alexander the Great reclining right, on shield under tree; behind, two Nemeses standing facing each other
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 23.73 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Klose, Smyrna LXXII 1
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die as 1040/1 (Erythrae), 1054/1–3 (Phocaea), 1055/1–7 (Phocaea), 1072/1 (Temnus), 1075/1–5 (Temnus), 1079/1–2 (Temnus), 1111/1–2 (Hyrcanis).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1859,1219.49 BMC 452 = Klose, Smyrna LXXII 1, no. 3
2 2     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1797 SNG vA 2231 = Klose, Smyrna LXXII 1, no. 1 = Kraft pl. 6, 38c
3 3     Rome: 80328 Klose, Smyrna LXXII 1, no. 2