RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 2150)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 2150)
Province Arabia
Region Arabia
City Bostra
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IM CAS (sic) M IVL PHILIPPOS AVG
Edition Im(perator) Ca<e>s(ar) M(arcus) Iul(ius) Philipp{o}<u>s Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philip Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL METROPOLIS BOSTRA
Edition Col(onia) Metropolis Bostra
Translation Metropolis Colony Bostra
Reverse design cuirassed bust of Dusares, right, with taenia, and gorgoneion on cuirass
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 17.35 g
Axis 3, 6, 7, 12
Reference Kindler, Bostra 43
Specimens 20 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1922,1203.5
    L: 1908,0110.1441 BMC 39
    P: AA.GR.11352
    ✸ NY: 1944.100.69302 SNG 1242
    O: Rueff Bequest
    O: Bouchier
    V: GR 22729
    Beirut-AUB: C3283
    IMJ: 4222
    IMJ Sofaer 53
    J-SBF Spijkerman 57
    Tübingen: Slg. Müller 1444
    Baldwin's 47, 25 Sept. 2006, lot 148
    CGT coll.
    CNG EA 168, 11 July 2007, lot 208
    CNG EA 213, 1 July 2009, lot 351
    CNG EA 330, 9 July 2014, lot 223 (after cleaning) = CNG EA 212, 17 June 2009, lot 231 (before cleaning)
    CNG EA 356, 29 July 2015, lot 404
    Lindgren III, 1544
    Rosenberger IV, 49