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)
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 Nilus reclining on hippopotamus left, holding reed and cornucopia; below, crocodile right
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.29 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 2064; D 4903, 5059; M 3724–5
Specimens 18 (6 in the core collections)
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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
— —     CNG EA 563, 5 June 2024, lot 629
— —     CNG EA 569, 28 Aug. 2024, lot 528
— —     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