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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/2962 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | VIII |
Number | — (unassigned; ID 2962) |
Province | Mesopotamia |
Region | Mesopotamia |
City | Nisibis |
Reign | Philip I |
Person (obv.) | Philip II (Augustus) |
Dating | AD 247–9 |
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 | radiate and cuirassed bust of Philip II, left, seen from front, wearing balteus |
Reverse inscription | ΙΟΥ ϹΕΠ ΚΟΛΩ ΝΕϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤ |
Edition | Ἰου(λία) Σεπ(τίμινα) κολω(νία) Νέσιβι(ς) μητ(ρόπολις) |
Translation | Julian Septimian colony Nisibis, metropolis |
Reverse design | temple with arched pediment and four columns enclosing draped, veiled and turreted Tyche seated facing, with ram leaping right above her; below, river god swimming right |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 26 mm |
Average weight | 10.38 g |
Axis | 1, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12 |
Specimens | 110 (39 in the core collections) |