RPC I, 4145

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4145
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Philip Philadelphus (king)
Issue revived posthumous tetradrachms of Philip, year 29
Dating 21/20 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design diademed head of Philip Philadelphus, right
Reverse inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ (monogram) ΑΥΤ, ΘΚ (in exergue)
Edition Βασιλέως Φιλίππου Ἐπιφανοῦς Φιλαδέλφου Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) θκʹ
Translation of King Philip Epiphanes Philadelphus, dictator (year) 29
Reverse design Zeus, seated left, holding Nike and sceptre, dot in left field
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 14.22 g
Axis 12
Reference Newell, no. 42, Prieur 22, McAlee 23
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.2491.19
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die. 3–4: same obv. die as 4144/3–4.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.65488
2 2     L: 1930,0812.22
3 3     L: 1930,0812.23
4 4     C SNG 5831
5 5     G. Hirsch (25.6.1984), lot 79
6 6     CNG EA 451, 4 Sept. 2019, lot 273
7 7     CNG EA 453, 2 Oct. 2019, lot 238
8 8     ✸ CNG EA 285, 22 Aug. 2012, lot 224