RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 20707)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 20707)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Synnada
Region Phrygia
City Cidyessus
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus) ; Philip II (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Varus (logistes)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΙ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορες) Κ(αίσαρες) Μ(ᾶρκοι) Ἰού(λιοι) Φίλιπποι Σεβ(αστοὶ)
Translation Emperors Caesars Marcus Julius Philippus I and II Augusti
Obverse design confronted busts of Philip I, radiate, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from rear, and Philip II, laureate, draped and cuirassed, left, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΑΡΟΥ ΛΟΓΙϹΤΟΥ ΚΙΔΥΗϹϹΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Αὐρ(ηλίου) Οὐάρου λογιστοῦ Κιδυησσέων
Translation under Aurelius Varus, logistes, of the Cidyessians
Reverse design Mên (?) standing right, holding patera and sceptre, facing Zeus seated left, holding patera and sceptre; between them, lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 16.94 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference vA, Phrygien I, 586–7
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: 1897,0104.238 BMC 14 = vA, Phrygien I, 586
    P: 796 Wa 587 = vA, Phrygien I, 587
    Fritz Rudolf Künker eLive 80, 5 Dec. 2023, lot 1226 = Auktionshuas Knokpek 18, 22 May 1981, lot 388