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
Nominative Marcus Iulius Philippus nobilissimus Caesar
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL ΔAMASCV METRO
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
Axis 1, 5, 6, 11, 12
Specimens 28 (12 in the core collections)
Note Some specimens have an uncertain device below the line of the exergue, under the feet of Marsyas.

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
    Private coll.
    Private coll.
    Private coll. = CNG EA 168, 11 July 2007, lot 204