RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 6472)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 6472)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Heliopolis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Dating AD 244/5
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M IVL PHILIPPVS PIVS FEL AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) Iul(ius) Philippus Pius 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 rear
Reverse inscription COL IVL AVG FEL HEL
Edition col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Fel(ix) Hel(iopolis)
Translation Colony of Julius Augustus Felix Heliopolis
Reverse design aerial view of the temple of Mercury situated on a rocky outcrop with a monumental staircase leading up to the precinct; altar and urn within the temenos; caduceus in left field
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 16.28 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Sawaya series 46, 517–527
Specimens 18 (9 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ L: G.4153 BMC 18 = Price & Trell p. 161, fig. 282
— —     L: 1844,0425.644 BMC 19
— —     P: Y 28472.8
— —     P: 162
— —     B: 18200496
— —     B: 18209450, I-B
— —     Cop SNG 435
— —     NY: 1944.100.83845
— —     NY: 1944.100.83844
— —     CNG EA 189, 11 June 2008, lot 112
— —     CNG EA 194, 20 Aug. 2008, lot 183
— —     CNG EA 204, 11 Feb. 2009, lot 72
— —     CNG EA 205, 25 Feb. 2009, lot 316
— —     CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1219
— —     CNG MBS 79, 17 Sept. 2008, lot 662
— —     CNG MBS 79, 17 Sept. 2008, lot 663
— —     R. Hoppensteadt coll.
— —     VAuctions 321, 10 Nov. 2016, lot 126