RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 6572)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 6572)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Caesar)
Obverse inscription M IVL PHILIPPVS CAE
Edition M(arcus) Iul(ius) Philippus Cae(sar)
Translation Marcus Julius Philippus, Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL TYRO METRO
Edition col(onia) Tyro metro(polis)
Translation the colony of Tyre, metropolis
Reverse design Dido standing left, holding ruler and sceptre; on left arched city gate of Carthage on which mason sits and constructs; on the right, murex shell and star; below, man digging right, with pick
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 17.00 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Rouvier 2458
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    P Bab 2287
    B: 18273434, Fox
    ✸ V: GR 22378