RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 69508)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 69508)
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 ΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰού(λιος) Φίλιππος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philip
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων Πύθια
Translation of the Thessalonians, Pythia
Reverse design Apollo standing left, holding Kabeiros and laurel branch; in front of him, table with agonistic crown with palm branch on top
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 11.47 g
Axis 1
Reference Touratsoglou 25, 54–6
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

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