RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 27497)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 27497)
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 I O M H, COL HEL
Edition I(upiter) O(ptimus) M(aximus) H(eliopolitanus) col(onia) Hel(iopolitana)
Translation Jupiter of Heliopolis, the best and greatest; the colony of Heliopolis
Reverse design temple of Jupiter Heliopolitanus seen in perspective; ear of corn below the temple
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.79 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Sawaya series 42, —
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    B: 18209487, Fox
    NY: 1944.100.83839
    ✸ Winterthur: G 5181 GrMW III, 1009