RPC I, 4146

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4146
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Philip Philadelphus (king)
Issue revived posthumous tetradrachms of Philip, year 30
Dating 20/19 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design diademed head of Philip Philadelphus, right
Reverse inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ (monogram) ΑΥΤ, Λ (in exergue)
Edition Βασιλέως Φιλίππου Ἐπιφανοῦς Φιλαδέλφου Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) λʹ
Translation of King Philip Epiphanes Philadelphus, dictator (year) 30
Reverse design Zeus, seated left, holding Nike and sceptre, dot in left field
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 14.46 g
Axis 12
Reference Prieur 23, McAlee 24
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.2491.20
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1930,0812.25
2 2     seen in Aleppo, 1991 (K. Butcher, NC 1993, p. 298)
3 3     ✸ NY: 1999.2.6
4 4     Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 1473
5 5     CNG EA 453, 2 Oct. 2019, lot 239