RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 20482)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 20482)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Mastaura
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Apollinarios (grammateus?)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλ(ιος) Φίλιππος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ [ ] ΑΠΟΛΙΝΑΡΙΟΥ ΜΑϹΤΑΥΡΕΙ[Τ]ΩΝ (?)
Edition ἐπὶ --- Ἀπολιναρίου Μασταυρειτῶν ἐπὶ [---] Ἀπολιναρίου Μασταυρειτῶν
Translation under [---] Apollinarios of the Mastaurites
Reverse design Demeter standing in biga drawn by winged serpents, left, holding a torch in each hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 17.03 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note The reading of the reverse legend is difficult, which is the reason this coin has been variously attributed to Magnesia ad Sipylum and Magnesia ad Maeandrum in the past. An attribution to Mastaura seems more likely, given that its obverse die has been used here for a different type and one seems indeed able to read quite clearly ΜΑⳞΤΑΥΡΕΙ in the exergue.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ L BMC 83, as Magnesia ad Sipylum = Kraft pl. 21, 94c, as Magnesia ad Maeandrum