RPC VIII, 1742

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 1742
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Apamea
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Alexandros II, grandson of Bel— (high priest)
Issue First issue
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Αὔγουστος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλ(ιος) Φίλιππος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟΥ Β ΒΕΛ ΑΡΧΙ ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Ἀλεζάνδρου βʹ Βελ— ἀρχιερέως Ἀπαμέων ἐπὶ Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἀλεζάνδρου βʹ Βελ(—) ἀρχι(ερέως) Ἀπαμέων
Translation under Marcus Aurelius Alexandros II, grandson of Bel—, high priest of the Apameans
Reverse design lion advancing, right; to right, upright thyrsus; above lion, cista mystica
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Average weight 27.36 g
Axis 6
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1860,0602.25 BMC 183
2 2     L: 1844,0425.1870 BMC 184
3 3     P: 537
4 4     B: 18274113, Löbb.
5 5     Afyon: 1371
6 6     CNG Triton XVI, 8 Jan. 2013, lot 703 = NAC/Spink Taisei, 16 Nov. 1994, lot 888 = Bohams-Vecchi 1, 21 May 1980, lot 492 = SBV 5, 16 Oct. 1979, lot 491
7 7     Savoca Coins Blue 149, 26 Nov. 2022, lot 795
8 8     SNG vA 3511