RPC — Type: 2309


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/2309 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VIII
Number	— (unassigned; ID 2309)
Province	Syria Palaestina
Region	Samaria
City	Neapolis
Reign	Philip I
Person (obv.)	Philip II (Augustus)
Dating	AD 247–9
Obverse inscription	IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG
Edition	Imp(erator) M(arcus) Iul(ius) Philippus Aug(ustus)
Translation	Emperor Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	COL SERG NEAPOL
Edition	col(onia) Serg(ia) Neapol(is)
Translation	colony Sergia Neapolis
Reverse design	Sarapis standing left, raising right arm, holding sceptre
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	17 mm
Average weight	4.32 g
Axis	12
Reference	Harl, Neapolis —
Specimens	4 (0 in the core collections)
Note	The distinction with https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/2434 is based only on the portrait.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
—	—	IMJ: 2712	Rosenberger	18	4.33	12	Show
—	—	IMJ	Sofaer 164	17.3	4.62	12	Show
—	— ✸		Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4597	15	4.00		Show
—	—		M&M Basel 32, 20 Oct. 1966, lot 431				Show