RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 2055)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 2055)
Province Arabia
Region Arabia
City Bostra
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IM CAS (sic) M IVL PHILIPPOS AVG
Edition Im(perator) Ca<e>s(ar) M(arcus) Iul(ius) Philipp{o}<u>s Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL METROPOLIS BOSTRA
Edition col(onia) Metropolis Bostra
Translation Metropolis Colony Bostra
Reverse design cuirassed bust of Sarapis, right, with corn of Ammon, and gorgoneion on cuirass
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 16.23 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Kindler, Bostra 44
Specimens 19 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    P: M 4640
    P: AA.GR.19406
    P: 97
    B: 18257108, 1925/314
    B: 18274600, Löbb.
    ✸ NY: 1944.100.69303 SNG 1243
    NY: 1944.100.69304 SNG 1243
    NY: 1944.100.69305 SNG 1245
    IMJ: 4223 Rosenberger IV, 50
    IMJ Sofaer 51
    IMJ Sofaer 52
    J-SBF Spijkerman 56/1
    J-SBF Spijkerman 56/2
    Tübingen: Slg. Müller 1456
    CGT coll.
    CNG EA 191, 9 July 2008, lot 148
    CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 354
    Heritage 3024, 18 Apr. 2013, lot 25803 = Heritage 3018, 5 Sept. 2012, lot 20463
    Sternberg 34, 22 Oct. 1998, lot 471