RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 26850)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 26850)
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)
Edition Imperator Caesar Marcus Iulius Philippus Pius Felix Augustus Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Iul(ius) Philippus Pi{o}(us) Fel(ix) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Pious Fortunate Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL DAMAS METRO(P)(O), ΙΕΡΑ, ϹΕΒΑϹΜΙΑ
Edition colonia Damascο metropoli ἱερὰ Σεβάσμια col(onia) Damas(cο) metropo(li) ἱερὰ Σεβάσμια
Translation in the colony Damascus, metropolis; the sacred Sebasmian (games)
Reverse design wreath with large terminal decoration inscribed IEPA and containing ϹƐΒΑϹΜΙΑ; below, ram's head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 17.93 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     Falghera 2356 = Schulten, Oct. 1984, lot 927
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