RPC VIII, 3096

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 3096
Province Arabia
Region Arabia
City Philippopolis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Augustus)
Dating AD 247–9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Σεβαστός Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλι(ος) Φίλιππος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΚΟΛΩΝΙΑϹ, S C
Edition Φιλιπποπολιτῶν κολωνίας Senatus Consulto Φιλιπποπολιτῶν κολωνίας S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation of the Philippopolitans, colony, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design Roma standing left, holding patera and spear; at feet, shield on ground
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.23 g
Axis 1, 6, 11, 12
Reference Spijkerman 4
Specimens 12 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 6–7, 10–11: same obv. die as 2453/2 (Zeugma).
Note Coins https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/8213, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/487005, and https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/9455 may depict Philip I, but better-preserved specimens are needed to confirm this.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.69418 SNG 1406
2 2     NY: 1944.100.69424 SNG 1412
3 3     A SNG Soutzos 1725
4 4     IMJ: 14779
5 5     IMJ Sofaer 5
6 6     J-SBF Spijkerman 4 = Butcher, INJ 9 (1986-7), pl. 24.3
7 7     CNG 24, 24 Mar. 1993, lot 908
8 8     CNG EA 531, 25 Jan. 2023, lot 661 = CNG EA 541, 28 June 2023, lot 390
9 9     Heritage 3003, 8 Mar. 2012, lot 20695
10 10     Private coll.
11 11     Rosenblum 37D, 15 Nov. 2007, lot 90
12 12     Swarat PFL 77, 1969/70, lot 215