RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 2210)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 2210)
Province Arabia
Region Arabia
City Philippopolis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Dating AD 247–9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλι(ος) Φίλιππος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Philip I, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription S C
Edition S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation by decree of the Senate
Reverse design helmeted and draped bust of Roma, right, within laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.37 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Spijkerman —
Specimens 12 (4 in the core collections)
Note On the attribution of these coins to Philippopolis (instead of Antioch), see K. Butcher, 'Two related coinages of the third century AD: Philippopolis and Samosata', INJ 9 (1986–7), p. 76.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1936,0715.1
    P: 689
    B: 18273354, 1921/239
    O: Milne
    IMJ Sofaer 6
    CGT coll. = Agora Auctions 39, 25 Aug. 2015, lot 97
    CNG EA 235, 23 June 2010, lot 364
    ✸ CNG EA 259, 6 July 2011, lot 272
    Gerasa excavations, A.R. Bellinger, 'Coins from Jerash', NNM 81 (1938), pp. 32–3, pl. III, 54
    Gorny & Mosch EA 295, 22 Mar. 2023, lot 2279
    Lindgren III, 1554
    Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 1161