RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 2161)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 2161)
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 Ceres standing right, holding ears of corn and resting on torch around which a serpent coils, emerging from a cista, facing Bacchus standing left, holding bunch of grapes (?) and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 20.51 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Kadman II 121
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1908,0110.1615 BMC 140
— —     ✸ Nomos Obolos WA 20, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 470