RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 26800)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 26800)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Issue Fine style
Dating AD 247/9
Obverse inscription IMP C M IVL PHILIPPVS PIO FEL AVG (sic)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Iulius Philippus Pius Felix Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL ΔAMA METRO
Reverse design on right, Lycurgus (?) advancing left, holding branch and with right arm outstretched; on left, naked Ambrosia, right, emerging from floral structure, grasping vine tendrils with both hands; in upper left field, ram's head right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ CNG EA 427, 22 Aug. 2018, lot 370