RPC VIII, 3042

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 3042
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Neapolis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Augustus)
Dating AD 247–9
Obverse inscription IMP C M IVL PHILIPPO P F AVG
Edition Imperatori Caesari Marco Iulio Philippo Pio Felici Augusto Imp(eratori) C(aesari) M(arco) Iul(io) Philippo P(io) F(elici) Aug(usto)
Translation to Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Pious Fortunate Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL SER(G) NEAP(O)(L)
Edition colonia Sergia Neapolis col(onia) Serg(ia) Neapol(is)
Translation colony Sergia Neapolis
Reverse design Mount Gerizim with temple in perspective, and altar (on the right), steep stairway and colonnade; below, eagle facing, head right, spreading wings
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 14.72 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Harl, Neapolis 68–73
Specimens 20 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–3, 6, 8, 12–14, 19: same obv. die as 3002/1, 3, 3009/1–3, 3046/1, 3059/1, 3071/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1839,0919.614 BMC 140
2 2     L: 1908,0110.2142 BMC 141
3 3     P: 212
4 4     B: 18275117, Löbb.
5 5     B: 18275115, Löbb.
6 6     Cop SNG 20
7 7     IMJ: 2703
8 8     ✸ IMJ: 2725 Rosenberger III, 101
9 9     IMJ Sofaer 134 (as Philip I)
10 10     CNG EA 235, 23 June 2010, lot 389
11 11     CNG EA 250, 23 Feb. 2011, lot 277 = CNG EA 212, 17 June 2009, lot 229
12 12     CNG EA 301, 24 Apr. 2013, lot 221
13 13     CNG EA 306, 10 July 2013, lot 310
14 14     CNG EA 357, 12 Aug. 2015, lot 326
15 15     CNG EA 410, 29 Nov. 2017, lot 199
16 16     CNG EA 555, 7 Feb. 2024, lot 420
17 17     CNG EA 565, 3 July 2024, lot 476
18 18     Goldberg 106, 4 Sept. 2018, lot 1380
19 19     Schulman, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott), lot 2689
20 20     Z. Zur coll.