RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 59217)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 59217)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Augustus)
Issue Fine style
Dating AD 247–9
Obverse inscription IMP C M IVL PHILIPPVS P F(E) AVG
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Iul(ius) Philippus P(ius) Fe(lix) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Pious Fortunate Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, left, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL DAMA METRO
Edition col(onia) Dama(scus) Metro(polis)
Translation Colony Damascus, metropolis
Reverse design ram standing right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 10.56 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 18 (11 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1908,0110.2396
    L: 1840,1226.457 BMC 23
    P: 79
    B: 18252810, I-B
    B: 18257447, Löbb.
    C vA Olbasa, 32
    Cop SNG 425
    NY: 1944.100.83708
    NY: 1961.154.358
    O: Bouchier
    V: GR 21883
    Tübingen: Slg. Müller 1202
    CGT coll.
    ✸ CNG EA 341, 17 Dec. 2014, lot 62
    CNG EA 341, 17 Dec. 2014, lot 63
    Gorny & Mosch 204, 5 Mar. 2012, lot 1873 = NAC 54, 24 Mar. 2010, lot 1298 = Gorny & Mosch 114, 4 Mar. 2002, lot 184 = Hirsch 168, 22 Nov. 1990, lot 831 = Hirsch 172, 27 Nov. 1991, lot 831 = Kovacs VIII, 22 Apr. 1988, lot 154
    H J Berk 76, 21 Apr. 1993, lot 561
    VAuctions 328, 15 Dec. 2017, lot 349