RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 2686)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 2686)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Caesar)
Issue LΔ = year 4
Dating AD 246/7
Obverse inscription Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ Κ Ϲ(ΕΒ)
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰού(λιος) Φίλιππος Καῖσαρ Σεβ(αστοῦ)
Translation Marcus Julius Philippus Caesar, son of the Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription L (-) Δ
Edition (ἔτους) δʹ
Translation of year 4
Reverse design Triptolemus holding seeds in chlamys, driving biga drawn by winged serpents, right
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 11.98 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 2041; D 5041; M 3643–5
Specimens 18 (10 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1995,0607.6
    L: 1864,1118.834 BMC 2041
    P: 1967.1917
    P: 3320
    B: 18274555, Fox
    NY: 1935.117.896
    ✸ O: HCR31253 M 3643
    O: HCR31254 M 3644
    O: HCR31255 M 3645
    V: GR 25380
    A: 4243 (Demetriou)
    Frankfurt: 3112 Förschner 1003
    CNA 10, 21 Mar. 1990, lot 399
    D 5041
    Figari & Mosconi 1576 = Hess 251, 7 May 1981, lot 196 = DS 10448
    J. Aiello coll.
    Lanz 144, 24 Nov. 2008, lot 634
    Monnaies d'Antan 10, 24 Nov. 2011, lot 104