RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 2409)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 2409)
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 front
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΚΟΛΩΝΙΑϹ
Edition Φιλιπποπολιτῶν κολωνίας
Translation of the Philippopolitans colony
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 30 mm
Average weight 16.37 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Spijkerman —
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note The absence of S C on the rev. might only be an error of engraver (compare with https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/2439).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ Bern: N/82.2550 SNG Righetti 2550
— —     IMJ Sofaer 4
— —     Tübingen: Slg. Müller 1401