RPC VIII, 2771

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 2771
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 Imperator Marcus Iulius Philippus Pius Felix Augustus Imp(erator) M(arcus) Iul(ius) Philippus P(ius) F(elix) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Marcus Julius Philippus Pious Fortunate Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL DAMA(S) METROP, ΑΓΙΑ ΙΕΡΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΜΙΑ (on crown)
Edition colonia Damasco metropoli ἁγία ἱερὰ Σεβάσμια col(onia) Damas(co) metrop(oli) ἁγία ἱερὰ Σεβάσμια
Translation in the colony of Damascus, metropolis; the holy, sacred, Sebasmian (games)
Reverse design agonistic crown, inscribed, containing palm or cypress branch; below, ram's head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 19.10 g
Axis 1, 5, 7, 12
Specimens 17 (6 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 83
2 2     B: 18257430, Löbb.
3 3     NY: 1944.100.51962
4 4     NY: 1944.100.51963
5 5     NY: 1944.100.51961
6 6     V: GR 21874
7 7     IMJ: 4277 Rosenberger 33
8 8     CGT coll. = CNG EA 307, 24 July 2013, lot 196
9 9     CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 1033
10 10     CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 207 = Dix, Noonan Webb, 29 Sept. 2008, lot 5710
11 11     CNG EA 339, 19 Nov. 2014, lot 271
12 12     CNG EA 356, 29 July 2015, lot 363
13 13     CNG EA 530, 4 Jan. 2023, lot 552
14 14     Emporium Hamburg 106, 13 May 2024, lot 619
15 15     Nummitra 1 Premium, 2 Feb. 2025, lot 133
16 16     ✸ R. McAlee coll.
17 17     Roma Numismatics EA 4, 29 Nov. 2018, lot 620