RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 2588)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 2588)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Philip I (Augustus)
Issue LΔ = year 4
Dating AD 246/7
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΕΥϹΕ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰού(λιος) Φίλιππος Εὐσε(βής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Pious
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription L - Δ
Edition (ἔτους) δʹ
Translation of year 4
Reverse design Philip I, laureate, on horseback, riding right, raising right arm, and holding sceptre over left shoulder
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.01 g
Axis 3, 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note On the identification of the figure on the rev., see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/2820.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    ✸ P: 3321
    A: 4245 (Demetriou)
    Figari & Mosconi 1585 = Ars et Nummus, FPL July–Aug. 1970, lot 151 = DS 10453