RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 6458)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 6458)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Heliopolis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλ(ιος) Φίλιππος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL IVL AVG FEL, I O M H
Edition col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Fel(ix) I(upiter) O(ptimus) M(aximus) H(eliopolitanus)
Translation the Augustan colony of Julia Felix; Jupiter of Heliopolis, the best and greatest
Reverse design propylaeum of the temple of Jupiter Heliopolitanus with stairway flanked by pedestals leading to a portico with twelve columns flanked by towers; ear of corn in central arch; below, altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.99 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Sawaya series 44, 508–9
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1900,0707.15
— —     ✸ B: 18209470, 1921/248
— —     cgb.fr MBS 21, 18 June 2004, lot 3052
— —     CNG Triton XXXIII, 15 Mar. 1995, lot 1316
— —     L. Schulman B. V. 29, 10 Nov. 2003, lot 2421
— —     M&M GmbH 14, 16 Apr. 2004, lot 706