RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 6555)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 6555)
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 Imperator Caesar Marcus Iulius Philippus Pius Felix Augustus 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 I O M H, COL HE(L)
Edition Iupiter Optimus Maximus Heliopolitanus colonia Heliopolitana I(upiter) O(ptimus) M(aximus) H(eliopolitanus) col(onia) Hel(iopolitana)
Translation Jupiter of Heliopolis, the best and greatest; the colony of Heliopolis
Reverse design temple of Jupiter Heliopolitanus seen in perspective; ear of corn in front of the temple
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 16.58 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Sawaya series 42, 429–36
Specimens 10 (6 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1908,0110.2512
— —     L: HPB,p154.1.C BMC 15
— —     ✸ P: 161 Price & Trell p. 164, fig. 290
— —     B: 18209476
— —     B: 18209482, 1921/249
— —     NY: 1944.100.83837
— —     CGT coll.
— —     CNG 49, 17 Mar. 1999, lot 1105
— —     CNG EA 544, 16 Aug. 2023, lot 440
— —     Naumann 57, 3 Sept. 2017, lot 485