RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 26615)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 26615)
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 M(arcus) I(ulius) Philippus nobi(lissimus) Ca{i}<e>sa(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 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 10.09 g
Axis 1, 5, 6, 11, 12
Specimens 29 (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

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1908,0110.2397
— —     L: 1931,0603.28
— —     L: 1950,0404.15
— —     L: 1906,0712.75
— —     P: 95
— —     P: Y 23455 bis, Chandon de Briailles 1204
— —     P: 96
— —     B: 18257436, Löbb.
— —     Mu
— —     NY: 1944.100.83736
— —     V: GR 32832
— —     V: GR 21871
— —     IMJ: 4292
— —     IMJ: 4307 Rosenberger 51
— —     ✸ Winterthur: G 6973 M&M AG list 527, Nov.–Dec. 1989, lot 124 = GrMW III, 1005
— —     Agora 48, 12 Jan. 2016, lot 94
— —     Agora 67, 20 June 2017, lot 201 = Agora 58, 28 June 2016, lot 101
— —     CGT coll.
— —     CGT coll. = CNG EA 254, 20 Apr. 2011, lot 208
— —     CNG EA 183, 5 Mar. 2008, lot 143
— —     CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 227 = Dix, Noonan Webb, 29 Sept. 2008, lot 5724
— —     CNG EA 238, 11 Aug. 2010, lot 278
— —     CNG EA 341, 17 Dec. 2014, lot 60
— —     CNG EA 427, 22 Aug. 2018, lot 374
— —     Lindgren I, 2150
— —     Nomos Obolos WA 20, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 447
— —     Private coll.
— —     Private coll.
— —     Private coll. = CNG EA 168, 11 July 2007, lot 204