RPC I, 3872

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3872
Province Kingdom of Cilicia
Region Cilicia
City Kingdom of Cilicia
Reign Philopator
Obverse inscription
Obverse design veiled head of Tyche, right
Reverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕΩϹ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟϹ
Reverse design Athena standing, left, with Nike and shield; to right, monogram
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 12
Reference BMC 1
Specimens 32 (5 in the core collections)
Note See N.L. Wright, 'Anazarbos and the Tarkondimotid kings of Kilikia', AS 58 (2008), pp. 115-25, for the identity of Philopator. He suggests Philopator II and dates the coinage to AD 14-17.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,0101.957 ex vA 5414
2 2     L BMC 1
3 3     L: 1977,0703.1
4 4     Levante 1259
5 5     Levante 1260
6 6     P: 1584 Wa 4715
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     ✸ CNG MBS 61, 25 Sept. 2002, lot 307
11 11     Cop SNG Supp. 540
12 12     Demos 17, 17 Mar. 2023, lot 131
13 13     Demos 17, 17 Mar. 2023, lot 142
14 14     Demos 17, 17 Mar. 2023, lot 180
15 15     Demos 17, 17 Mar. 2023, lot 183
16 16     Solidus 92, 25 Jan. 2022, lot 174
17 17     Savoca 87th Blue, 17 Oct. 2020, lot 613
18 18     Künker 333, 16 Mar. 2020, lot 588
19 19     Themis 4, 2 Nov. 2019, lot 142
20 20     Savoca 24th Blue, 21 Sept. 2019, lot 433
22 22     Savoca 9th Blue, 25 Aug. 2018, lot 596
23 23     Savoca 6th Blue, 7 Apr. 2018, lot 472
24 24    
25 25     Astarte WA 4, 7 Apr. 2024, lot 123
26 26     Sol Numismatik XXVI, 23 Mar. 2024, lot 154
27 27     N&N London EA 44, 11 Feb. 2024, lot 270
28 28     N&N London EA 44, 11 Feb. 2024, lot 286
29 29     Olympus Numismatik 10, 29 Dec. 2023, lot 195
30 30     Rönesans Salzgitter 4, 17 Sept. 2023, lot 333
31 31     Rönesans Salzgitter Blue 1, 27 Aug. 2023, lot 393
32 32     Biga Numismatics EA 21, 1 July 2023, lot 151
33 33     N&N London EA 19, 1 July 2023, lot 176
34 34     Savoca 162nd Blue, 29 Apr. 2023, lot 557