RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 6565)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 6565)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Heliopolis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Dating AD 244/5
Obverse inscription IMP CAES M IVL PHILIPPVS PIVS FEL AVG
Edition 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 LEG, VIII AVG V MACE, COL HEL
Edition Leg(io) Leg(io) VIII Aug(usta) V Mace(donica) Col(onia) Hel(iopolitana)
Translation the Augustan 8th Legion, the Macedonian fifth (Legion), the colony of Heliopolis
Reverse design facing bust of Fortuna on pedestal flanked by two nude male figures standing facing, each holding vexillum and uncertain animal standing on hind legs
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 17.38 g
Axis 6
Reference Sawaya series 45, 510–513
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1908,0110.2514
— —     ✸ L: 1909,0517.3
— —     IMJ: 15922
— —     CNG EA 244, 10 Nov. 2010, lot 356
— —     Lindgren I, 2165
— —     Münzen & Medaillen 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 663