RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 26811)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 26811)
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 radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL ΔAMA METRO
Reverse design in upper register, Fortuna seated left, on rock, holding fillet or diadem and cornucopia; in upper left field, ram leaping left, head right; before, Marsyas standing right, holding wineskin and raising hand; in lower register, four Tychai: the outer pair with hands raised towards Fortuna of Damascus; left of centre figure holding up uncertain object; right of centre figure sacrificing over altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1908,0110.2383
    ✸ CNG EA 261, 3 Aug. 2011, lot 223 = CNG 87, 18 May 2011, lot 87
    Helios 3, 29 Apr. 2009, lot 736 = Gorny & Mosch M3, 18 Oct. 2001, lot 5520
    R. Hoppensteadt coll.