RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 59216)

 

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Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 59216)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Issue Fine style
Dating AD 247–9
Obverse inscription IMP C M IVL PHILIPPVS PIO FEL AVG (sic)
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Iul(ius) Philippus Pi{o}(us) Fel(ix) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Pious Fortunate Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL DAMA METRO
Edition col(onia) Dama(scus) Metro(polis)
Translation Colony Damascus, metropolis
Reverse design Hercules standing left, holding club and lion skin, right arm outstretched, draped with uncertain object (animal skin?); in upper left field, ram's head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 19.81 g
Axis 11
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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