RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 2157)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 2157)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Caesarea Maritima
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Dating AD 247–9
Obverse inscription IMP C M IVL PHILIPPVS P F AVG
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Iul(ius) Philippus P(ius) F(elix) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Pious Fortunate Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL PR FL AVG F C CAES METR
Edition col(onia) Pr(ima) Fl(avia) Aug(usta) F(elix?) C(oncordia?) Caes(area) Metr(opolis)
Translation the first Flavian colony of Augusta Felix Concordia, Caesarea, metropolis
Reverse design eagle standing on line, facing, head right, spreading wings, supporting plain circle enclosing the Caesarean triad: Ceres and Fortuna standing right and Bacchus standing left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 18.88 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Kadman II 112
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
Note The distinction with https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/2087 is based only on the portrait.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1908,0110.1597 BMC 142
— —     L: 1908,0110.1596 BMC 143
— —     IMJ: 2141 Rosenberger II, 103
— —     IMJ Sofaer 101
— —     CGT coll. = Agora 50, 17 Feb. 2016, lot 61
— —     ✸ CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 296
— —     Roma Numismatics EA 42, 6 Jan. 2018, lot 320