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
Edition 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 Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟΥ Β ΑΡΧΙ ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ, ΝΩΕ (on ark)
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἀλεζάνδρου βʹ ἀρχι(ερέως) Ἀπαμέων Νῶε
Translation under Marcus Aurelius Alexandros II, high priest, of the Apameans, Noah
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
Average weight 19.41 g
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