RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 68575)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 68575)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Edessa
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Issue Philip I, laureate portrait
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ΜΑ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μᾶ(ρκος) Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΔΕϹϹΕΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Edition Ἐδεσσέων ὁμόνοια
Translation concord of the Edessans
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding cornucopia and crowning Roma seated on shield left, holding Nike
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.59 g
Axis 7
Reference Papaefthymiou 3
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Note H. Williams suggests that the two thick lines in the background between Roma and Tyche might represent waterfalls.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    P: 721 Papaefthymiou 3, 11
    ✸ B: 18273097, Rauch Papaefthymiou 3, 9
    Yale: 2004.6.1322
    D. Lowe coll.
    H. Williams coll.