RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 26618)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 26618)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Issue Fine style
Dating AD 247–9
Obverse inscription IMP C M IVL PHILIPPVS PIO FEL AVG (sic)
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Iul(ius) Philippus Pi{o}(us) Fel(ix) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Pious Fortunate Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Philip I, left, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL DAMAS METROP
Edition col(onia) Damas(cos) Metrop(olis)
Translation Colony of Damascus, metropolis
Reverse design Fortuna seated left, on rock, holding fillet or diadem and cornucopia; in upper left field, ram leaping left, head right; below, upper part of river god Chrysoroas swimming
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.56 g
Axis 12
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     NY: 1944.100.83701
— —     Berk Buy or Bid Sale 228, 30 July 2024, lot 548
— —     CNG EA 341, 17 Dec. 2014, lot 46
— —     ✸ CNG EA 362, 28 Oct. 2015, lot 296
— —     Dix, Noonan Webb, 29 Sept. 2008, lot 5718
— —     Lindgren I, A2146A
— —     M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 620
— —     Roma Numismatics EA 13, 29 Nov. 2014, lot 307