RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 2541)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 2541)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Issue LΒ = year 2
Dating AD 244/5
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Edition Ἀ(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰού(λιος) Φίλιππος Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Piοus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription L - Β
Edition (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design radiate and draped bust of Helios, right, seen from rear
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.12 g
Axis 4, 12
Reference BMC 1947; D 4875; M 3526; Geissen 2709
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: 1864,1118.795 BMC 1947
    Mu SNG 1624
    NY: 1974.26.4338
    NY: 1944.100.66975
    O: HCR31027 M 3526
    Bochum: M 2111
    Cologne Geissen 2709
    Auctiones 25, 16 Sept. 1996, lot 468
    D 4875
    J. Aiello coll.
    Kölner Münzkabinett 122, 4 Oct. 2024, lot 776 = Künker 89, 8 Mar. 2004, lot 1822