RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 48681)

 

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Coin type
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)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1873,0702.13 BMC 8
— —     ✸ V: GR 35742
— —     St Petersburg: 4727 Jurukova, Bizye pl. 20, 129