RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 2661)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 2661)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Caesar)
Issue LΓ = year 3
Dating AD 245/6
Obverse inscription Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ Κ ϹΕΒ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰού(λιος) Φίλιππος Καῖσαρ Σεβ(αστοῦ)
Translation Marcus Julius Philippus Caesar, son of the Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L - Γ
Edition (ἔτους) γʹ
Translation of year 3
Reverse design eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.88 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 2051; D 5050; M 3638; Geissen 2784
Specimens 29 (14 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1860,0327.232 BMC 2051
    P: 3315
    P: AA.GR.21967
    B: 18274554, I-B
    B: 18274553, 1846/6279
    C
    C
    G SNG 4600
    Mu
    Mu
    NY: 1944.100.67241
    NY: 1974.26.4424
    O: HCR31252 M 3638
    ✸ V: GR 25376
    A: 4239 (Demetriou)
    A: 6877/3 (Demetriou)
    Boston: 1985.1253
    Cologne Geissen 2784
    A. Tomaszewski coll = Grün 52, 13 Nov. 2009, lot 186
    CNG EA 147, 6 Sept. 2006, lot 130
    CNG EA 281, 20 June 2012, lot 252
    CNG EA 311, 25 Sept. 2013, lot 936
    CNG EA 450, 21 Aug. 2019, lot 332 = Roma Numismatics EA 53, 7 Feb. 2019, lot 611
    CNG EA 560, 17 Apr. 2024, lot 527 = Empire Coins 6, 14 Nov. 1986, lot 251
    CNG EA 571, 25 Sept. 2024, lot 586
    D 5050
    J. Aiello coll.
    Naville Numismatics 34, 17 Sept. 2017, lot 316
    VAuctions 324, 23 May 2017, lot 372