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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/69173 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | VIII |
Number | — (unassigned; ID 69173) |
Province | Macedonia |
Region | Macedonia |
City | Thessalonica |
Reign | Philip I |
Person (obv.) | Philip II (Caesar) |
Issue | First group, with ΠΥΘΙΑ |
Dating | AD 244/5 |
Obverse inscription | ΜΑΡ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΚΕ |
Edition | Μᾶρ(κος) Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Κέ(σαρ) |
Translation | Marcus Julius Philippus Caesar |
Obverse design | radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from rear |
Reverse inscription | ΘΕϹϹΑΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ (sic) ΝΕΩΚ ΠΥΘΙΑ |
Edition | Θεσσα<λ>ονικέων νεωκ(όρων) Πύθια |
Translation | of the Thessalonians, neocorate, Pythian (games) |
Reverse design | temple with two columns enclosing Apollo nude standing left, holding Kabeiros and palm branch; in front of him, tripod on top of which five apples |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 25 mm |
Average weight | 9.80 g |
Axis | 1, 12 |
Reference | Touratsoglou 74, 144–9 |
Specimens | 6 (3 in the core collections) |