RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 58956)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 58956)
Province Pontus
Region Pontus
City Trapezus
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Issue Year ΑΠΡ = 181
Dating AD 244/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Iulius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΤΡΑΠΕΖΟΥΝΤΙΩΝ ΕΤ ΑΠΡ
Reverse design horseman (Mithras) riding right; at left, tree; in front, lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6
Reference Rec —; Wojan, Trapézonte 141
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note Coin https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/99174 described in Rec 56 as having a column surmounted by a bird on the reverse (see type https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/19539), but this does not seem to be the case.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     B: 18272771, Alter Bestand Wojan, Trapézonte 141.a = Rec 56
— —     ✸ Knopek 15, 7 Dec. 1979, lot 346 = Wojan, Trapézonte 143.b corr.