RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 2990)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 2990)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Caesar)
Issue LΒ = year 2
Dating AD 244/5
Obverse inscription Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ Κ ϹΕΒ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰού(λιος) Φίλιππος Κ(αῖσαρ) Σεβ(αστοῦ)
Translation Marcus Julius Philip Caesar, son of the Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L Β
Edition (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design bust of Hermanubis right, wearing kalathos with taenia and lotus petals in front, with drapery on left shoulder; at right, winged caduceus and palm
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.59 g
Axis 2, 12
Reference D 5027
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    P: 1967.1910
    NY: 1965.32.41
    ✸ Kölner Münzkabinett 122, 4 Oct. 2024, lot 810 = M&M Basel, FPL 399, April 1978, lot 225 = D 5027