URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/2748
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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 ϹΕ Β
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 ϹΕ Π ΚΟΛΩ ΝΕ ϹΙΒΙ 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)
