RPC VIII, 1753

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 1753
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Apamea
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Augustus)
Magistrate Pelagon (panegyriarch)
Issue Second issue
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλ(ιος) Φίλιππος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Philip II, left, seen from front
Reverse inscription Π ΠΕΛΑΓΟΝΤΟϹ ΠΑΝΗΓΥΡΙΑΡΧ ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ
Edition παρὰ Πελάγοντος πανηγυριάρχου Ἀπαμέων π(αρὰ) Πελάγοντος πανηγυριάρχ(ου) Ἀπαμέων
Translation by Pelagon, panegyriarch of the Apameans
Reverse design hero Kelainos standing left, holding patera, short spear and drapery
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 31.83 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1754/1–3.
Note Imhoof, in AgM, describes the reverse legend as Π ΠƐΛΑΓΟΝΤΟϹ Π (l.) – ΑΝΗΓΥΡΙΑΡΧ ΑΠΑΜƐ (r.), Ω–Ν (in field). The Munich coin does not allow to verify this reading, because its reverse legend is almost completely illegible. Despite this, both coins certainly belong to the same type.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu
2 2     AgM p. 65, no. 179 (in trade)