RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 6484)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 6484)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Heliopolis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
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 the colony Julia Augusta Felix Heliopolis
Reverse design Fortuna standing facing, holding rudder and cornucopia, flanked by male figures each holding a torch in upraised hand; all within billowing canopy held by two female figures on pedestal
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.86 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Sawaya series 43, 448–87
Specimens 63 (31 in the core collections)
Note at times retrograde HEL

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