RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 6505)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 6505)
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 Philippus Pious Fortunate Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL TYRO METRO(P), ΕΛΛΗ ΚΑΔΜΟϹ
Edition col(onia) Tyro metrop(olis) Ἑλλη(νικοὶ) Κάδμος
Translation the colony of Tyre, metropolis; the Greeks (and) Cadmus
Reverse design Cadmus standing left, holding tablet with the alphabets and sceptre, facing four Greeks, draped, standing right; between them, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 17.52 g
Axis 6
Reference Rouvier 2446
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1931,0701.18
— —     ✸ Numismatica Ars Classica Zurich 150, 2–3 Dec. 2024, lot 894 = CNG Triton XXII, 8 Jan. 2019, lot 729