RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 27494)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 27494)
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 HEL I O M H
Edition col(onia) Hel(iopolitana) I(upiter) O(ptimus) M(aximus) H(eliopolitanus)
Translation the colony of Heliopolis; Jupiter of Heliopolis, the best and greatest
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 14.08 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Sawaya series 44, 500–507
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     P: 159
— —     G SNG 3448
— —     ✸ NY: 1944.100.83849
— —     NY: 1944.100.83848
— —     NY: 1944.100.83847
— —     Cast in Winterthur = M&M AG 13, 17 June 1954, lot 927
— —     Leu EA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2436 = Leu EA 15, 27 Feb. 2021, lot 1548
— —     Naumann 64, 1 Apr. 2018, lot 361