RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 3267)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 3267)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΝ ΕΥΤ ΕΥϹ ϹΕ, Π Π
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορα) Καί(σαρα) Ἰού(λιον) Φίλιππον Εὐτ(υχῆ) Εὐσ(εβῆ) Σε(βαστὸν) Π(ατέρα) Π(ατρίδος)
Translation for Emperor Caesar Julius Philippus Fortunate Pious Augustus Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΤΗϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ τῆς μητροπόλεως αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Tarsus, the metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, of the 3 eparchies, twice neocorate
Reverse design Heracles standing facing, head left, wrestling against giant Antaeus and lifting him off the ground
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 21.10 g
Axis 7, 8, 17
Specimens 24 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    B: 18274267, Löbb.
    G SNG 2349
    NY: 1944.100.55046
    O: Rueff Bequest
    V: GR 19273
    V: GR 43644
    A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1424
    Bern SNG Righetti 1699
    Bern SNG Righetti 1700
    CNG EA 132, 1 Feb. 2006, lot 127
    CNG EA 304, 12 June 2013, lot 291
    CNG EA 90, 26 May 2004, lot 302 = SNG Levante 1152
    CNG Triton V, 15 Jan. 2002, lot 1757 = M&M Deutschland 1, 16 Sept. 1997, lot 459
    Emporium Hamburg 66, 17 Nov. 2011, lot 413
    Gemini VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 662 = Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 1017
    Leu EA 11, 22 Feb. 2020, lot 1406 = CNG EA 300, 10 Apr. 2013, lot 164
    Leu EA 7, 23 Feb. 2019, lot 864
    M&M GmbH 48, 24 May 2019, lot 1307
    ✸ Naumann 63, 4 Mar. 2018, lot 483 (Vogl coll.)
    Naumann 85, 5 Jan. 2020, lot 396 = Münzzentrum 100, 8 Sept. 1999, lot 246 = Ziegler 798 = Karbach coll. = MMAG, FPL 450, 1982, lot 307 = M&M AG, FPL 416, 1979, lot 34
    Peus 378, 28 Apr. 2004, lot 1124
    Roma Numismatics, 21 May 2013, lot 998
    Tahberer 1625
    VAuctions Pars Coins Sale 26, 30 May 2022, lot 282