RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 3091)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 3091)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Issue LΑ = year 1
Dating AD 244
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ (ΕΥϹ) ΕΥϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription L Α
Edition ἔτους αʹ (ἔτους) αʹ
Translation of year 1
Reverse design Nike advancing left, holding wreath in both hands and palm over shoulder
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.95 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 1962
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)
Note One obverse die has the erroneous legend Α Κ Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ƐΥϹ ƐΥϹƐΒ (sic).

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    L: 1864,1118.788 BMC 1962
    P: 3208
    B: 18275555, Löbb.
    ✸ NY: 1944.100.67095
    A: 6846/2 (Demetriou)
    Boston: 1985.1320
    Frankfurt: 3062 Förschner 946
    DS 12441 = Bayerische Vereinsbank FPL 9, 1975, lot 156
    DS Supp. 610
    Figari & Mosconi 1461 = Auctiones AG 26, 16 Sept. 1996, lot 466 = DS 10356