RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 29004)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 29004)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Caesar)
Issue Without consulship
Dating AD 244
Obverse inscription ΜΑΡ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΚΕϹΑΡ
Nominative Marcus Iulius Philippus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped, and sometimes cuirassed, bust of Philip II, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ, S C
Reverse design eagle standing right, head left, on palm, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7, 11, 12
Reference Prieur 333; McAlee 1008–9
Specimens 27 (6 in the core collections)
Note The distinction is not made between the cuirassed bust (McAlee 1008) and the non-cuirassed bust (McAlee 1009), on the basis that the pteryges of the cuirass are hardly visible on many specimens.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1853,1006.25 BMC 546
    NY: 1944.100.59162
    NY: 1944.100.59163
    O
    ✸ O: Walker
    V: GR 21285
    Allard Pierson: APM15556
    Allard Pierson: APM15554
    Allard Pierson: APM15555
    Bern: N/82.2035 SNG Righetti 2035
    Berk Buy or Bid Sale 193, 30 Apr. 2015, lot 459
    CNG EA 210, 13 May 2009, lot 127
    CNG EA 247, 12 Jan. 2011, lot 238
    CNG EA 285, 22 Aug. 2012, lot 230
    CNG EA 302, 8 May 2013, lot 270
    CNG EA 439, 6 Mar. 2019, lot 367 = Prieur coll.
    Emporium Hamburg 70, 14 Nov. 2013, lot 303
    Emporium Hamburg 87, 12 Nov. 2019, lot 444
    Gemini XII, 11 Jan. 2015, lot 411
    Grün 59, 15 May 2012, lot 169
    Hirsch 319, 2 May 2016, lot 699 = Hirsch 314, 23 Sept. 2015, lot 2987
    Hirsch 328, 10 May 2017, lot 654 = Hirsch 323, 22 Sept. 2016, lot 2562 = Hirsch 317, 18 Feb. 2016, lot 2361 = Hirsch 309, 7 May 2015, lot 656
    Private coll.
    Roma Numismatics 7, 22 Mar. 2014, lot 911
    Roma Numismatics EA 56, 9 May 2019, lot 625
    Savoca Blue 6, 7 Apr. 2018, lot 650
    VAuctions 312, 28 Oct. 2014, lot 324