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
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, ΜΑΙΑΝΔΡΟϹ, ΜΑΡϹΥΑϹ
Edition ἐπὶ Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Ἀλεζάνδρου βʹ Βελ— ἀρχιερέως Ἀπαμέων Μαίανδρος Μαρσύας ἐπὶ Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἀλεζάνδρου βʹ Βελ(—) ἀρχι(ερέως) Ἀπαμέων Μαίανδρος Μαρσύας
Translation under Marcus Aurelius Alexandros II, (grandson of) Bel—, high priest, of the Apameans, Meander, Marsyas
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
Average weight 26.96 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen 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