RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 69511)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 69511)
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 ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩ ΝΕΩ ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέω(ν) νεω(κόρων) Πυθία
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate, Pythia
Reverse design Apollo standing left, holding Kabeiros and lyre set on column with serpent entwined; in front of him, tripod with five apples on top
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.35 g
Axis 1
Reference Touratsoglou 26, 57–8
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ G SNG 722 = Touratsoglou 26, 57
    Kavala Touratsoglou 26, 58 = Amphipolis hoard 1976