RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 3147)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 3147)
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 Ε(Υ)(Ϲ)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Iulius Philippus Pius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Ε
Reverse design Nilus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia; below, crocodile right
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 2064; D 4903, 5059; M 3724–5
Specimens 16 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1864,1118.836 BMC 2064
    B: 18274563, Löbb.
    NY: 1974.26.4435
    NY: 1944.100.67270
    ✸ O: HCR31275 M 3724
    O: HCR31276 M 3725
    A: 4251 (Demetriou)
    Frankfurt: 3120 Förschner 1008
    D 4903 (as Philip I)
    Davissons EA 21, 2 Aug. 2017, lot 58 = Davissons 31, 28 Nov. 2012, lot 133
    DS 10464
    DS 10465
    DS 10466
    Figari & Mosconi 1599 = Hess 251, 7 May 1981, lot 200 = D 5059
    J. Aiello coll.
    Jacquier 52, 15 Sept. 2023, lot 649