RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 26782)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 26782)
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 and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL DAMA(S) METROP, ΑΓΙΑ ΙΕΡΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΜΙΑ (on crown)
Edition col(onia) Damas(cos) Metrop(olis) Ἁγία Ἱερά Σεβασμία
Translation the colony of Damascus, metropolis; holy, sacred, (and) Augustan
Reverse design agonistic crown, inscribed, containing palm or cypress branch; below, ram's head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 18.86 g
Axis 1, 7, 12
Specimens 14 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    P: 83
    B: 18257430, Löbb.
    NY: 1944.100.51962
    NY: 1944.100.51963
    NY: 1944.100.51961
    ✸ V: GR 21874
    IMJ: 4277 Rosenberger 33
    CGT coll. = CNG EA 307, 24 July 2013, lot 196
    CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 1033
    CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 207 = Dix, Noonan Webb, 29 Sept. 2008, lot 5710
    CNG EA 339, 19 Nov. 2014, lot 271
    CNG EA 356, 29 July 2015, lot 363
    Emporium Hamburg 106, 13 May 2024, lot 619
    Roma Numismatics EA 4, 29 Nov. 2018, lot 620