RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 26790)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 26790)
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 COLONI DAMASCO METROPL, ΙΕΡΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΜΙΑ
Edition coloni(a) Damasco(s) metrop(o)l(is) ἱερὰ σεβασμία
Translation the colony of Damascus, metropolis; holy and Augustan
Reverse design wreath with large terminal decoration inscribed ΙƐΡΑ (?) and containing ϹƐΒΑϹΜΙΑ; below, ram's head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 16.99 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     P: 76
— —     P: 77
— —     B: 18257434, Löbb.
— —     Aphrodite Art Coins G4, 23–24 Nov. 2024, lot 1136
— —     CGT coll.
— —     ✸ CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 209 = Dix, Noonan Webb, 29 Sept. 2008, lot 5712
— —     CNG EA 341, 17 Dec. 2014, lot 44
— —     Nomos 32, 8 June 2024, lot 206