RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 2938)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 2938)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Augustus)
Issue LΖ = year 7
Dating AD 249
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΕΥϹ(Ε)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Iulius Philippus Pius
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from front, sometimes with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription L - Ζ
Reverse design bust of Nilus, right, crowned with taenia and lotus-buds, drapery on left shoulder; before, cornucopia from which issues Genius holding wreath
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 3, 12
Reference BMC 2063; D 5058
Specimens 9 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1864,1118.838 BMC 2063
    P: 3334
    B: 18274593, 1844/3943
    B: 18274592, Löbb.
    ✸ NY: 1944.100.67268
    NY: 1944.100.67267
    CNG MBS 79, 17 Sept. 2008, lot 749
    Figari & Mosconi 1598 = Ars et Nummus, FPL Oct. 1971, lot 251 = D 5058
    Galerie des Monnaies, 15 Feb. 1977, ot 395