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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Iulius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΓΑΙΑϹ ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΟϹ, ΑϹΥΛΟΥ, Ϛ
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
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.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ P: 400 SNG 501