RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 20586)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 20586)
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
Nominative Imperator Marcus Iulius 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, ΜΑΙΑΝΔΡΟϹ, ΜΑΡϹΥΑϹ
Reverse design river god Maeandros sitting left, holding reed and cornucopia, facing river god Marsyas, sitting right, holding flute and palm, both resting on overturned water urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Axis 5, 6, 12
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    B: 18274111, 1856/17898
    ✸ C: Leake SNG 4940
    Boston: 61.1125
    CGT coll. = Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 36, 4 Oct. 2015, lot 455
    Gorny & Mosch 170, 13 Oct. 2008, lot 1784 = Helios 3, 29 Apr. 2009, lot 546 = Naumann 44, 7 June 2016, lot 674
    Naville Numismatics 19, 13 Dec. 2015, lot 268