RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 2998)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 2998)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Caesar)
Issue LΓ = year 3
Dating AD 245/6
Obverse inscription Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ Κ ϹΕΒ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰού(λιος) Φίλιππος Καῖσαρ Σεβ(αστοῦ)
Translation Marcus Julius Philippus Caesar, son of the Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L - Γ
Edition (ἔτους) γʹ
Translation of year 3
Reverse design Sarapis standing right, holding sceptre and his drapery
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.48 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 2049; M 3622; D 5036
Specimens 14 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1864,1118.831 BMC 2049
    ✸ P: 1967.1914
    P: 1967.1891
    B: 18274544, Löbb.
    B: 18274543, 1892/96
    C
    NY: 1944.100.67232
    NY: 1944.100.67233
    O: HCR31250 M 3622
    A: 4230 (Demetriou)
    Figari & Mosconi 1573 = Fornoni, FPL Primavera 2005, lot 312 = D 5036
    J. Aiello coll.
    Kunst und Münzen FPL 63, Jan. 1990, lot 361
    Pecunem 38, 6 Dec. 2015, lot 674 = CNG 42, 29 May 1997, lot 1201