RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 3020)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 3020)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Nisibis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Dating AD 247–9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Iulius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Philip I, left, seen from rear, holding spear pointing forward and shield (decorated with quadriga)
Reverse inscription ΙΟΥ ϹΕΠ ΚΟΛΩ ΝΕϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤ
Reverse design temple with arched pediment and six 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 25 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    O: Rueff Bequest
    Elsen 99, 28 Mar. 2009, lot 1605
    M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 973
    Nomos obolos 14, 15 Dec. 2019, lot 424
    Savoca EA 38 Silver, 2 Nov. 2019, lot 217
    Schenk-Behreus 93, 20 May 1992, lot 612
    ✸ TMC coll. = Sol Numismatik 21, 2 Dec. 2023, lot 385