RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 29267)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 29267)
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 left, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.69 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Prieur 399; McAlee 1041a–b
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1988,0742.14
    L: 1853,1006.27 BMC 555 = Prieur 457 corr.
    CNG EA 388, 14 Dec. 2016, lot 306
    ✸ Roma Numismatics 7, 22 Mar. 2014, lot 910
    Trade (Den of Antiquity, VCoins, Apr. 2008)