RPC VIII, 1744

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 1744
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 ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Αὔγουστος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Ἰούλ(ιος) Φίλιππος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Julius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟΥ Β ΑΡΧΙ ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἀλεζάνδρου βʹ ἀρχιερέως Ἀπαμέων ἐπ(ὶ) Ἀλεζάνδρου βʹ ἀρχι(ερέως) Ἀπαμέων
Translation under Alexandros II, high priest, of the Apameans
Reverse design Athena seated left, on rock next to shield, bust turned to right, playing double flute
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 20.20 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die as 1580/1–2 (Hierapolis), 1582/1–5 (Hierapolis), 1618/1–6 (Hierapolis), 1620/1–5, 7–16 (Hierapolis), 1636/1–4 (Hierapolis), 1666/1–3 (Themisonium), 1717/1–8 (Eumenea), 1718/1–3 (Eumenea), 1745/1–5, 8, 10–17.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1970,0909.108
2 2     CNG 25, 24 Mar. 1993, lot 844
3 3     SNG Turkey 11, 487