RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 26801)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 26801)
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 radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL DAMASCO METROPO
Edition col(onia) Damasco Metropo(lis)
Translation Colony Damascus Metropolis
Reverse design Fortuna seated left, on rock, holding fillet or diadem and cornucopia; in upper left field, ram leaping left, head right; below, upper part of river god Chrysoroas swimming; to left, Marsyas standing right, holding wineskins and with arm raised
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 18.75 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ G SNG 3459
    CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 212 = Dix, Noonan Webb, 29 Sept. 2008, lot 5717
    Naville Numismatics 39, 29 Apr. 2018, lot 226