RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 2820)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 2820)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Caesar)
Person (rev.) Philip I (Augustus)
Issue LΔ = year 4
Dating AD 246/7
Obverse inscription Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ Κ Ϲ(Ε)(Β)
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰού(λιος) Φίλιππος Καῖσαρ Σεβ(αστοῦ)
Translation Marcus Julius Philippus Caesar, son of the Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription L - Δ
Edition (ἔτους) δʹ
Translation of year 4
Reverse design Philip I, laureate, on horseback, riding right, raising right arm, and holding sceptre over left shoulder
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.63 g
Axis 3, 11, 12
Reference BMC 2052; D 5016–17; M 3687–8; Geissen 2791–2
Specimens 37 (16 in the core collections)
Note The figure on the rev. is laureate, so depicts Philip I rather than Philip II (who is then only Caesar and, consequently, bare-headed). See also the introduction to Alexandria.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1856,0903.53 BMC 2052
— —     P: Vogüé 621
— —     P: AA.GR.710
— —     ✸ P: 1984.779
— —     P: AA.GR.20554
— —     B: 18274561, 1862/28263
— —     B: 18274560, Löbb.
— —     Cop SNG 730
— —     NY: 1944.100.67242
— —     NY: 1935.117.895
— —     NY: 1944.100.67243
— —     NY: 1944.100.67244
— —     NY: 1974.26.4425
— —     O: HCR31262 M 3687
— —     O: HCR31263 M 3688
— —     V: GR 25370
— —     A: 4244 (Demetriou)
— —     Cologne Geissen 2791
— —     Cologne Geissen 2792
— —     Frankfurt: 3116 Förschner 1002
— —     CNG EA 386, 9 Nov. 2016, lot 474
— —     CNG EA 445, 5 June 2019, lot 305
— —     DS 12476
— —     Emporium Hamburg 68, 15 Nov. 2012, lot 478
— —     Figari & Mosconi 1558 = D 5017
— —     Figari & Mosconi 1559 = Hirsch 199, 6 May 1998, lot 346 = DS 10440
— —     Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 1166 = F. Sternberg 16, 15 Nov. 1985, lot 328 = Münzhandlung Basel 6, 18 Mar. 1936, lot 1186
— —     Hirsch 317, 18 Feb. 2016, lot 2365 = CNG 23, 13 Oct. 1992, lot 435
— —     J. Aiello coll.
— —     J. Aiello coll.
— —     J. Aiello coll. = D 5016
— —     Künker 97, 7 Mar. 2005, lot 1785
— —     Naville Numismatics 42, 22 July 2018, lot 280
— —     Pecunem 38, 6 Dec. 2015, lot 675
— —     Peus 409, 25 Apr. 2013, lot 1005
— —     Rauch E-20, 27 June 2016, lot 194 = Rauch 86, 12 May 2010, lot 1055
— —     Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 760