RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 69190)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 69190)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Issue First group, with ΠΥΘΙΑ
Dating AD 244/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΜΑ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μᾶ(ρκος) Ἰούλ(ιος) Φίλιππος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philip
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩ, ΠΥΘΙΑΔΙ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων νεω(κόρων) Πυθιάδι
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate, in the (first) Pythiad
Reverse design temple with four columns, on podium, seen in perspective from right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.80 g
Axis 6
Reference Touratsoglou —
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note Obverse die V11, previously not known in Touratsoglou with the temple on the reverse. The reverse die is new as well.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ Alpha Bank: 7696
    CGT coll.
    F. Kovacs coll.