RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 2057)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 2057)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Caesarea Maritima
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Augustus)
Dating AD 247–9
Obverse inscription IMP C M IVL PHILIPPVS P F AVG
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Iul(ius) Philippus P(ius) F(elix) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Pious Fortunate Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL PR FL AVG F C CAES METR
Edition col(onia) Pr(ima) Fl(avia) Aug(usta) F(elix?) C(oncordia?) Caes(area) Metr(opolis)
Translation the first Flavian colony of Augusta Felix Concordia, Caesarea, metropolis
Reverse design Ceres standing right, holding ears of corn and resting on torch around which a serpent coils, emerging from a cista, facing Bacchus standing left, holding bunch of grapes (?) and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 16.89 g
Axis 6
Reference Kadman II —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ IMJ Sofaer 106