RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 69406)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 69406)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Issue Second group, with ΠΥΘΙΑ(ΔΙ) Β
Dating AD 245–9
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philip
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚ ΠΥΘΙΑ, Β
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων νεωκ(όρων) Πυθιά(δι)ʹ β
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate, in the second Pythiad
Reverse design Kabeiros and Apollo standing facing each other; Kabeiros holds hammer on his left shoulder, Apollo a laurel branch in his left, both holding five apples in their right hand; between them, elephant tusk on altar and agonistic crown with palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 11.19 g
Axis 3, 4
Reference Touratsoglou 17, 38
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    P: 1483 Touratsoglou 17, 38
    ✸ Alpha Bank: 8682
    Savoca EA 26 Silver, 14 Oct. 2018, lot 319