RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 2748)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 2748)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Nisibis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Augustus)
Dating AD 247–9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλι(ος) Φίλιππος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Philip II, left, seen from front, wearing balteus, holding shield (decorated with gorgoneion)
Reverse inscription ΙΟΥ ϹΕΠ ΚΟΛΩ ΝΕϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤ
Edition Ἰου(λία) Σεπ(τίμινα) κολω(νία) Νέσιβι(ς) μητ(ρόπολις)
Translation Julian Septimian colony Nisibis, metropolis
Reverse design temple with arched pediment and four columns enclosing draped, veiled and turreted Tyche seated facing, with ram leaping right above her; below, river god swimming right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.48 g
Axis 12
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ L: 1847,0820.39 BMC 21
— —     P: M 5537
— —     P: Chandon de Briailles 1581
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— —     Elsen 116, 16 Mar. 2013, lot 593
— —     M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 975