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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Iulius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΚΟΛΩΝΙΑϹ, S C
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
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)