RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 20588)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 20588)
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Iulius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟΥ Β ΑΡΧΙ ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ, ΝΩΕ (on ark)
Reverse design male and female figures in Noah's ark, floating on waves, left, surmounted by raven and dove holding branch in beak; in front, male and female figures standing left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 5, 6, 7, 12
Specimens 17 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1885,0606.284 BMC 182
    P: 538
    P: AA.GR.17064
    P: 539 Wa 5731
    B: 18262389, 1867/28778
    B: 18274115, I-B
    G Hunter 21 = SNG 2030
    Boston: 63.421
    Florence cast of rev. in Winterthur
    Gemini V, 6 Jan. 2009, lot 295 = SNG vA 3510
    Hauck & Aufhäuser 20, 16 Oct. 2007, lot 463
    Hirsch 167, 26. Sept. 1990, lot 1272
    Künker 273, 14 Mar. 2016, lot 881
    M&M AG 41, 18 June 1970, lot 454
    Numismatik Naumann 57, 3 Sept. 2017, lot 435
    ✸ SNG vA 8348 = Auctiones 8, 27 June 1978, lot 445 = Kraft pl. 34, 44a = Leu 7, 24 Oct. 2020, lot 1457
    Solidus Online 9, 8 Oct. 2016, lot 333 = Leu 5, 27 Oct. 2019, lot 269