RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 58994)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 58994)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS P F AVG
Edition Imperator Marcus Iulius Philippus Pius Felix Augustus Imp(erator) M(arcus) Iul(ius) Philippus P(ius) F(elix) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Marcus Julius Philip, Pious, Fortunate, Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL TYR METR
Edition colonia Tyro metropoli col(onia) Tyr(o) metr(opoli)
Translation at the colony Tyre, metropolis
Reverse design Dido standing right, raising arms; at feet, right, lighted altar; temple of Hercules at upper right, displaying club in doorway; beneath, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 18.43 g
Axis 7
Reference Rouvier 2448
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    ✸ NY: 1944.100.81897