RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 3511)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 3511)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Μ ΕΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΟΝ ΚΕϹΑΡΑ ϹΕ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκον) Εἰο(ύλιον) Φίλιπ<π>ον Κέσαρα Σε(βαστοῦ)
Translation for Marcus Julius Philippus Caesar of Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, (of the) three (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design Sandan standing left, on horned lion, enclosed in a pyramidal monument covered by round canopy supported by two figures wearing Phrygian cap; on monument, eagle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 9.06 g
Axis 6
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ CNG EA 304, 12 June 2013, lot 294 = CNG 54, 14 June 2000, lot 1131
    Tahberer 1642
    Tahberer 1643