RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 6566)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 6566)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Ptolemais
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Caesar)
Obverse inscription IVL PHILIPPVS NOB CAES
Nominative Iulius Philippus nobilissimus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL PTOL
Reverse design portable shrine with flat roof; within, deity standing facing, holding torch(?) and sceptre surmounted by eagle (?), flanked by two torches; below, altar flanked by thunderbolt and caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 12
Reference Kadman IV 221; Rouvier —
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ NY: 1944.100.71247