RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 29257)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 29257)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Issue ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Δ, officina 2
Dating AD c.249
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 I, left, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass; below bust: ••
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 left, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.36 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Prieur 478; McAlee 966
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1853,1006.18 BMC 519
    ✸ Hirsch 326, 16 Feb. 2017, lot 2102
    R. McAlee coll.