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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Marcus Iulius Philippus Pius Felix Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription LEG, VIII AVG V MACE, COL HEL
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
Axis 6
Reference Sawaya series 45, 510–513
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

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