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
Nominative Imperator Marcus Iulius Philippus Pius Felix Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL ΔAMAS METRO(P)
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
Axis 1, 6, 11, 12
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: 1908,0110.2379
    L: 1908,0110.2381
    L: 1908,0110.2380
    NY: 1944.100.83589
    IMJ: 4292
    CNG EA 291, 21 Nov. 2012, lot 252
    CNG EA 386, 9 Nov. 2016, lot 464
    CNG MBS 79, 17 Sept. 2008, lot 658
    Dix, Noonan Webb, 29 Sept. 2008, lot 5713
    Private coll.
    Savoca 2nd London Blue, 3 May 2019, lot 987