RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 29175)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 29175)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Augustus)
Issue ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Δ, without officina mark
Dating AD c.248
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 Δ, ΑΝΤΙΟΧΙΑ, S C
Edition Δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξουσίας ὓπα(τος) τὸ δ' Ἀντιοχία S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation holder of the tribunitian power, consul for the fourth time, Antioch, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design eagle standing right, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.85 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Prieur 456 and 457A; McAlee 1050a and 1050c
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1938,0306.1
    CNG EA 439, 6 Mar. 2019, lot 381 = Prieur coll.
    ✸ Emporium Hamburg 84, 2 Mar. 2019, lot 295
    Münzzentrum Rheinland 175, 13 Jan. 2016, lot 454
    Naumann 145, 6 Oct. 2024, lot 426
    R. Wöllner coll.