RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 6564)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 6564)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Heliopolis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Caesar)
Dating AD 244/5
Obverse inscription M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES
Edition M(arcus) Iul(ius) Philippus Caes(ar)
Translation Marcus Julius Philippus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL HEL
Edition col(onia) Hel(iopolis)
Translation Colony of Heliopolis
Reverse design two legionary eagles, facing each other, within laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.87 g
Axis 1, 5, 6, 7, 12
Reference Sawaya series 55, 628–635
Specimens 25 (10 in the core collections)
Note Sawaya also lists a laureate bust, but this remains unconfirmed
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1900,0707.22
— —     L: 1908,0110.2523
— —     P: Chandon de Briailles 1291, Y 23455 bis
— —     P: 169
— —     ✸ P: Chandon de Briailles 1290, Y 23455 bis
— —     B: 18209370
— —     NY: 1944.100.83858
— —     NY: 2001.21.10
— —     NY: 1948.19.2518
— —     NY: 1944.100.83857
— —     IMJ: 15924
— —     Leeds-UL: 1229
— —     Agora 7, 1 Apr. 2014, lot 141
— —     CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 658
— —     CNG EA 216, 12 Aug. 2009, lot 372
— —     CNG EA 248, 26 Jan. 2011, lot 303
— —     CNG EA 279, 16 May 2012, lot 183
— —     CNG EA 321, 26 Feb. 2014, lot 415
— —     Gorny & Mosch EA 304, 10 Apr. 2024, lot 199
— —     Lindgren I, 2168A
— —     M&M GmbH 14, 16 Apr. 2004, lot 710
— —     Poindessault 15, 15 Dec. 1993, lot 152
— —     Sternberg 11, 20 Nov. 1982, lot 397
— —     Sternberg 15, 18 Nov. 1982, lot 744
— —     VAuctions 328, 15 Dec. 2017, lot 352