RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 27498)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 27498)
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Iulius Philippus Pius Felix Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription I O M H, COL HEL
Reverse design temple of Jupiter Heliopolitanus seen in perspective; ear of corn in front of the temple; altar behind the temple
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Sawaya series 42, —
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note retrograde COL HEL

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ P: Chandon de Briailles 1281
    Private coll. = CNG EA 146, 23 Aug. 2006, lot 179 = Ponterio 115, 14 Aug. 2001, lot 993