RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 2365)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 2365)
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 F D N
Edition Imp(eratori) C(aesari) M(arco) Iul(io) Philippo f(ilio) D(omini) n(ostri)
Translation to Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philip, son of our Lord
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription COL SERG, NEAPOL
Edition col(onia) Serg(ia) Neapol(is)
Translation Colony Sergia Neapolis
Reverse design two Tychai standing, facing each other, holding bust and sceptre, foot on couching lion; between them, altar; above, Mount Gerizim
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.48 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Harl, Neapolis 100
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: 1908,0110.2145 BMC 145
    CNG EA 531, 25 Jan. 2023, lot 651