RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 6503)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 6503)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS P F AVG
Edition Imp(erator) M(arcus) Iul(ius) Philippus P(ius) F(elix) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Marcus Julius Philip, Pious, Fortunate, Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL TYRO METRO
Edition col(onia) Tyro metro(polis)
Translation the colony of Tyre, metropolis
Reverse design the Cendevian Marshes standing facing, head left, pouring sand over basin (for making glass), holding long reed; at feet, river god Belus swimming left; in upper left field, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 20.13 g
Axis 6
Reference Rouvier 2450
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ CNG 100, 7 Oct. 2015, lot 1752