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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Iulius Philippus Pius Felix 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
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 27 mm
Axis 12
Reference Kadman II 121
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: 1908,0110.1615 BMC 140