RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 26786)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 26786)
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 ΔAMAS METRO(P)
Edition col(onia) Δamas(cos) metrop(olis)
Translation the colony of Damascus, metropolis
Reverse design naked Ambrosia standing facing, head right, clasping vine tendril in each hand; her feet within a floral structure from which the vines emerge
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 18.92 g
Axis 1, 6, 11, 12
Specimens 13 (4 in the core collections)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ L: 1908,0110.2379
— —     L: 1908,0110.2381
— —     L: 1908,0110.2380
— —     NY: 1944.100.83589
— —     IMJ: 4292
— —     CNG EA 386, 9 Nov. 2016, lot 464
— —     CNG EA 569, 28 Aug. 2024, lot 397 = CNG EA 291, 21 Nov. 2012, lot 252
— —     CNG MBS 79, 17 Sept. 2008, lot 658
— —     Dix, Noonan Webb, 29 Sept. 2008, lot 5713
— —     Private coll.
— —     Roma Numismatics EA 104, 15 Dec. 2022, lot 747
— —     Savoca 2nd London Blue, 3 May 2019, lot 987
— —     TimeLine 160, 3–8 Sept. 2024, lot 3415