RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 2771)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 2771)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Augustus)
Issue LϚ = year 6
Dating AD 248/9
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΕΥϹΕ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Iulius Philippus Pius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L - Ϛ
Reverse design serpent (Uraeus) erect, right, crowned with disc and horns, coiled around sistrum, facing serpent (Agathodaemon) erect, left, crowned with skhent, coiled around caduceus and stalk of corn; below, palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Reference Geissen 2805
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    NY: 1973.56.1122
    ✸ Cologne Geissen 2805
    DS pl. 266