RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 2992)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 2992)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Augustus)
Issue LƐ = year 5
Dating AD 247/8
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΕΥϹ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰού(λιος) Φίλιππος Εὐσ(εβής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Pious
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L - Ε
Edition (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design Alexandria standing left, holding bust of Sarapis and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 19.70 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 2001
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Note See also https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/2678 for Philip I.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1864,1118.997 BMC 2001
— —     A: 4160 (Demetriou)
— —     J. Aiello coll.
— —     ✸ Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 312 = Figari & Mosconi 1614 = Kunst und Münzen FPL 42, 1980, lot 188 = DS 12481