RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 2739)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 2739)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Issue LΓ = year 3
Dating AD 245/6
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Edition Ἀ(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰού(λιος) Φίλιππος Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Piοus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription L - Γ
Edition (ἔτους) γʹ
Translation of year 3
Reverse design Sarapis seated left, extending arm over Cerberus, and holding sceptre; Nike on throne
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.34 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1981; D 4913; M 3623–4
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: GC15p256.1981 BMC 1981
    B: 18275601, 1892/96
    NY: 1944.100.67006
    O: HCR31079 M 3623
    O: HCR31080 M 3624
    A: 4126 (Demetriou)
    DS 12448
    J. Aiello coll.
    ✸ Kölner Münzkabinett 122, 4 Oct. 2024, lot 784 = Grün 52, 13 Nov. 2009, lot 184 = DS 4913 corr.
    Peus 409, 25 Apr. 2013, lot 995