RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 69408)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 69408)
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 ΑΥ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλι(ος) Φίλιππος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων νεω(κόρων) Πύθια
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate, Pythian (games)
Reverse design Nike standing left, holding laurel branch and palm; in front of her, five apples and agonistic crown with palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.99 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Touratsoglou 19, 43–4
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

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