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) Πυθία
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate, Pythia
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)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: G1874,0715.220 BMC 135 = Touratsoglou 19, 43
    Sofia Touratsoglou 19, 44
    ✸ CGT coll.
    M&M GmbH 13, 9 Oct. 2003, lot 137
    Peus 369, 31 Oct. 2001, lot 1313