RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 69564)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 69564)
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 ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων νεωκόρων
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate
Reverse design agonistic table seen in perspective from left with five apples and agonistic crown containing palm branch on top
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.74 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Touratsoglou 37, 80–1 corr.
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Note Touratsoglou thought there might have been a purse on top of the table as well, but coin https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/441884 shows this is not the case.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     P: 1487 Touratsoglou 37, 80
— —     P: AA.GR.10217 Touratsoglou 37, 81
— —     ✸ F. Kovacs coll.