RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 26779)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 26779)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Issue Rough style
Dating AD 244–7
Obverse inscription IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS P F AVG
Edition Imp(erator) M(arcus) Iul(ius) Philippus P(ius) F(elix) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Marcus Julius Philippus Pious Fortunate Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL ΔAMA(S) METROP
Edition col(onia) Δamas(cos) metrop(olis)
Translation the colony of Damascus, metropolis
Reverse design shrine with four columns and projecting carry bars; within, draped bust of Fortuna right, turreted; between bars, ram leaping right, head left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 13.32 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     B: 18257442, Löbb.
— —     NY: 1961.154.359
— —     ✸ V: GR 21877
— —     Brussels: 478
— —     CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 216 = Dix, Noonan Webb, 29 Sept. 2008, lot 5723