RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 27493)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 27493)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Heliopolis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Dating AD 244/5
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M IVL PHILIPPVS PIVS FEL AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) Iul(ius) Philippus Pius Fel(ix) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Pious Fortunate Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL IVL AVG FE, COL HEL
Edition col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Fe(lix) col(onia) Hel(iopolis)
Translation the Augustan colony of Julia Felix, the colony of Heliopolis
Reverse design propylaeum of the temple of Jupiter Heliopolitanus with stairway flanked by pedestals leading to a portico with twelve columns flanked by towers; ear of corn in central arch; below, altar flanked by two smaller altars
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 16.77 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Sawaya series 44, 498–499
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ P: Chandon de Briailles 1280
— —     B: 1820945, Fox
— —     R. Hoppensteadt coll. = CNG EA 146, 23 Aug. 2006, lot 180