RPC VIII, 3365

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 3365
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Augustus)
Issue LϚ = year 6
Dating AD 248/9
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΕΥϹ(Ε)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Εὐσεβής Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰού(λιος) Φίλιππος Εὐσε(βής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Pious
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L - Ϛ
Edition ἔτους ϛʹ (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation of year 6
Reverse design head of Ammon, right, wearing horn and headdress of ram’s horns, with drapery on left shoulder; at right, palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 20.41 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 5070; Geissen 2806
Specimens 12 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18274587, 1892/834
2 2     B: 18274766, Löbb.
3 3     NY: 1944.100.67275
4 4     A: 1897/8 IH, 718/1192 (Demetriou)
5 5     Cologne Geissen 2806
6 6     CNG 115, 16 Sept. 2020, lot 522 = CNG EA 237, 21 July 2010, lot 252
7 7     CNG 43, 29 Sept. 1997, lot 1995 = D 4954 (under Philip I)
8 8     CNG EA 113, 11 May 2005, lot 203
9 9     Figari & Mosconi 1612 = Kunst und Münze FPL 42, 1980, lot 187 = D 5070
10 10     Figari & Mosconi 1613 = Künker 41, 11 Marc 1998, lot 177 = Aufhäuser 13, 7 Oct. 1997, lot 484 = Crippa FPL, 1971.2, lot 610 = Finarte 995, 26 Nov. 1996, lot 1221 = DS 10476
11 11     J. Aiello coll.
12 12     Kölmer Münzkabinett 49, 30 Oct. 1989, lot 747