RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 2843)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 2843)
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 ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Εὐσεβής Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰού(λιος) Φίλιππος Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Pious
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Edition ἔτους ϛʹ (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation of year 6
Reverse design eagle standing facing, head right, spreading wings, supporting Zeus reclining left, holding patera and sceptre; to right, palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 20.45 g
Axis 12
Reference D 4953
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     B: 18274586, 1892/96
— —     ✸ NY: 1944.100.67280
— —     D 4953 (as Philip I)
— —     J. Aiello coll.
— —     Malter 4, 28 Oct. 1978, lot 207