RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 2455)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 2455)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Neapolis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Philip I (Augustus)
Dating AD 247–9
Obverse inscription IMP C M IVL PHILIPPO P F AVG
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Iulius Philippus Pius Felix Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL SER(G) NEAP(OL)
Reverse design Philip I (or Philip II?), laureate, on horseback, riding right, raising right arm; above, Mount Gerizim
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference Harl, Neapolis 63–4
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1908,0110.2147 BMC 142
    B: 18275111, B-I GRMK p. 241, no. 1
    Beirut-AUB: C1880 Baramki 48, pl. V, 5
    IMJ: 350
    IMJ Sofaer 203
    IMJ Sofaer 204 = Sternberg, 25 Nov. 1976, lot 667
    CNG 90, 23 May 2012, lot 1242 = Sternberg 34, 22 Oct. 1998, lot 260
    Goldberg 106, 4 Sept. 2018, lot 1381
    Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 2228 = Peus 388, 1 Nov. 2006, lot 1147
    ✸ Heritage 3018, 5 Sept. 2012, lot 20446