RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 2279)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 2279)
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 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 S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation of the Philippopolitans, colony, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design Roma seated on shield, left, holding two small figures of Philip’s parents on an eagle, and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 17.23 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference Spijkerman —
Specimens 18 (6 in the core collections)
Note The distinction with https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/2286 (Philip I) is based only on the portrait.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ L: 1908,0110.2224 BMC 4
— —     L: 1908,0110.2222 BMC 5
— —     P: AA.GR.25951
— —     Cop SNG 151
— —     NY: 1944.100.69423 SNG 1411
— —     O: Bouchier
— —     Beirut-AUB: C3306
— —     Beirut-AUB: C3307
— —     IMJ Sofaer 3 (as Philip I)
— —     Leeds-UL: 458
— —     CGT coll.
— —     CNG EA 117, 29 June 2005, lot 157
— —     CNG EA 144, 26 July 2006, lot 220
— —     CNG EA 255, 4 May 2011, lot 269
— —     Private coll.
— —     Roma EA 63, 7 Nov. 2019, lot 560
— —     Roma Numismatics EA 35, 3 May 2017, lot 554
— —     Roma Numismatics, 21 May 2013, lot 1017 (after cleaning) = CNG EA 216, 12 Aug. 2009, lot 411 (before cleaning)