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)
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰού(λιος) Φίλιππος Εὐσε(βής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Pious
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from front, sometimes with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription L - Ζ
Edition (ἔτους) ζʹ
Translation year 7
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
Average weight 12.96 g
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