RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 6502)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 6502)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Caesar)
Obverse inscription M IVL PHILIPPVS CAE
Edition M(arcus) Iul(ius) Philippus Cae(sar)
Translation Marcus Julius Philippus, Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL TYRO METRO
Edition col(onia) Tyro metro(polis)
Translation the colony of Tyre, metropolis
Reverse design Astarte standing facing, placing right on trophy to left and holding sceptre, crowned by Victory on column to right; at feet, on left, Marsyas right with star above, on right, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 16.37 g
Axis 6, 11
Reference Rouvier 2456
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ P Bab 2286
    NY: 1938.94.68