RPC VIII, 2799

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 2799
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Caesar)
Issue Rough style
Dating AD 244–7
Obverse inscription M I PH(I)LIPPVS NOBI CAICA
Edition Marcus Iulius Philippus nobilissimus Caesar M(arcus) I(ulius) Philippus nobi(lissimus) Ca{ic}<es>a(r)
Translation Marcus Julius Philippus, most noble Caesar
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL ΔAMASCV METRO
Edition colonia Δamascus metropolis col(onia) Δamascu(s) metro(polis)
Translation the colony of Damascus. metropolis
Reverse design Marsyas standing right, raising hand, carrying wineskin over shoulder; at right, cypress tree; in exergue, ram's head right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.98 g
Axis 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12
Specimens 32 (12 in the core collections)
Note Some specimens have an uncertain device below the line of the exergue, under the feet of Marsyas.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.2397
2 2     L: 1931,0603.28
3 3     L: 1950,0404.15
4 4     L: 1906,0712.75
5 5     P: 95
6 6     P: Y 23455 bis, Chandon de Briailles 1204
7 7     P: 96
8 8     B: 18257436, Löbb.
9 9     Mu
10 10     NY: 1944.100.83736
11 11     V: GR 32832
12 12     V: GR 21871
13 13     IMJ: 4292
14 14     IMJ: 4307 Rosenberger 51
15 15     ✸ Winterthur: G 6973 M&M AG list 527, Nov.–Dec. 1989, lot 124 = GrMW III, 1005
16 16     Agora 48, 12 Jan. 2016, lot 94
17 17     Agora 67, 20 June 2017, lot 201 = Agora 58, 28 June 2016, lot 101
18 18     Aycock-Wakefield coll. = Sol Numismatik XLIX, 3 Jan. 2026, lot 330
19 19     CGT coll.
20 20     CGT coll. = CNG EA 254, 20 Apr. 2011, lot 208
21 21     CNG EA 183, 5 Mar. 2008, lot 143
22 22     CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 227 = Dix, Noonan Webb, 29 Sept. 2008, lot 5724
23 23     CNG EA 238, 11 Aug. 2010, lot 278
24 24     CNG EA 341, 17 Dec. 2014, lot 60
25 25     CNG EA 427, 22 Aug. 2018, lot 374
26 26     Lindgren I, 2150
27 27     Nomos Obolos WA 20, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 447
28 28     Private coll.
29 29     Private coll.
30 30     Private coll. = CNG EA 168, 11 July 2007, lot 204
31 31     R. McAlee coll.
32 32     A. Kropp coll.