RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 6559)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 6559)
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 rear
Reverse inscription COL TYRO METRO
Edition col(onia) Tyro metro(polis)
Translation the colony of Tyre, metropolis
Reverse design portable shrine with carrying bars seen in perspective within which another shrine containing cult statue (baetyl of Astarte); below, murex
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 18.10 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier —
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ L: 1900,0707.235 BMC 435