RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 20553)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 20553)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Mylasa
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus) ; Philip II (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ΓΑΙΟΥϹ ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥϹ (ϹΒ)
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γάϊο{υ}ς Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Σ{ε}β(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Julius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design confronted busts of Philip II, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right and Philip I, laureate, draped and cuirassed, left
Reverse inscription ΜΥΛΑϹΕωΝ
Edition Μυλασέων
Translation of the Mylasians
Reverse design Zeus Osogōllis standing facing, holding trident on crab and eagle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 14.55 g
Axis 6, 7, 8
Reference Akarca 102 corr.
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Note Akarca suggested the reading ΑΥ ΚΑ ΙΟΥ Ϲ ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥϹ. The Fonds Robert and the Berlin specimens, both struck with the same obv. die, clearly show that it is ΑΥ Κ ΓΑΙΟΥϹ ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥϹ. The legend could end in ϹΒ, as is the case of the other obv. die, used for the London coin.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1893 SNG vA 2634 = Akarca 102/4
— —     B: 18225710, Rauch Akarca 102/1
— —     Mu SNG 375 = Akarca 102/3, pl. XII, 102
— —     Gotha Akarca 102/2
— —     P-AIBL Fonds Robert 605
— —     CGT coll.
— —     Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 518