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(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 19.13 g
Axis 1, 7, 12
Specimens 16 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen 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
    CNG EA 530, 4 Jan. 2023, lot 552
    Emporium Hamburg 106, 13 May 2024, lot 619
    ✸ Nummitra 1 Premium, 2 Feb. 2025, lot 133
    Roma Numismatics EA 4, 29 Nov. 2018, lot 620