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| URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48681 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
| Volume | VIII |
| Number | — (unassigned; ID 48681) |
| Province | Thrace |
| Region | Thrace |
| City | Bizya |
| Reign | Philip I |
| Person (obv.) | Philip I (Augustus) |
| Obverse inscription | ΑΥΤ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑΥΓ |
| Edition | Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλ(ιος) Φίλιππος Αὔγ(ουστος) |
| Translation | Emperor Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus |
| Obverse design | laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from front |
| Reverse inscription | ΒΙΖΥΗΝΩΝ |
| Edition | Βιζυηνῶν |
| Translation | of the Bizyans |
| Reverse design | Apollo between Asclepius and Hygieia; in the centre, Apollo standing left, legs crossed, holding laurel branch, left hand over serpent coiled around omphalos; to left, Asclepius standing right, holding serpent staff; between them, Telesphorus; to right, Hygieia standing left, feeding serpent from patera; in the background, Tyche, enthroned, holding rudder and cornucopia and Zeus hurling thunderbolt |
| Metal | copper-based alloy |
| Average diameter | 39 mm |
| Average weight | 27.17 g |
| Axis | 7, 12 |
| Reference | Jurukova, Bizye 129; Tachev, Bizija 4 |
| Specimens | 3 (2 in the core collections) |