RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 27053)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 27053)
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pamphylia
City Perge
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Issue Group 3b
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλ(ιος) Φίλιππος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΓΑΙΑϹ ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΟϹ, ΑϹΥΛΟΥ, Ϛ
Edition Περγαίας Ἀρτέμιδος ἀσύλου ϛʹ
Translation of Artemis Pergaia, inviolable, 6
Reverse design temple with two columns enclosing cult statue of Artemis Pergaia between star and crescent and flanked by two short columns with male figure surmounted by crescent; in pediment, eagle; in exergue, Ϛ between two palms
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 24.43 g
Axis 11
Reference Watson 852
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., the letter on the exergue has been recut from Ϛ to Γ: see Johnston, Denominations p. 116, and Weiss, 'Auxe Perge', Chiron 21 (1991), p. 368, n. 54. For other types with the mark Ϛ, see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/21043 and https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/21044.
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