RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 27531)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 27531)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS P F AVG
Edition Imperator Marcus Iulius Philippus Pius Felix Augustus Imp(erator) M(arcus) Iul(ius) Philippus P(ius) F(elix) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Marcus Julius Philip, Pious, Fortunate, Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL TYRO METR(OP), ΕΛΛΗ ΚΑΔΜΟϹ
Edition colonia Tyro metropoli Ἑλληνικοὶ Κάδμος col(onia) Tyro metrop(oli) Ἑλλη(νικοὶ) Κάδμος
Translation at the colony Tyre, metropolis; the Greeks (and) Cadmus
Reverse design Cadmus standing left, holding tablet with the alphabet and sceptre, facing four Greeks, draped, standing right; between them, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 17.82 g
Axis 1, 7, 12
Reference Rouvier 2446
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    P Bab 2281
    ✸ B: 18273426, Löbb.
    Heritage 3101, 25 Aug. 2022, lot 32075