RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 29168)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 29168)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Augustus)
Issue ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Γ and Philip II as Augustus
Dating AD 247
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλι(ος) Φίλιππος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Philip II, left, seen from front, sometimes with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Γ, ΑΝΤΙΟΧΙΑ, S C
Edition δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξουσίας ὕπα(τος) τὸ γʹ Ἀντιοχία S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation holder of the tribunician power, consul for the third time, Antioch, by order of the Senate
Reverse design eagle standing right, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.10 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Prieur 399A and 400; McAlee 1040a–b
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    CNG EA 439, 6 Mar. 2019, lot 374 = Prieur coll. = Hirsch 161, 22 Feb. 1989, lot 979
    Lanz 150, 13 Dec. 2010, lot 391
    ✸ Leu EA 8, 29 June 2019, lot 828