RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 69565)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 69565)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Issue Second group, with ΠΥΘΙΑ(ΔΙ) Β
Dating AD 245–9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΜΑ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μᾶ(ρκος) Ἰούλ(ιος) Φίλιππος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philip
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚ, ΠΥΘΙΑΔΙ, Β
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων νεωκ(όρων) Πυθιάδι βʹ
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate, in the second Pythiad
Reverse design agonistic table seen in perspective with five apples, agonistic crown containing palm branch and purse on top; below table, amphora?
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.73 g
Axis 1, 6, 7
Reference Touratsoglou 38, 82–4
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    P: 1489 Touratsoglou 38, 82
    P: 1488 Touratsoglou 38, 83
    A: 244/1978 Touratsoglou 38, 84
    ✸ Winterthur: G 6629 Müller, Solingen, 44, 16 Dec. 1983, lot 535
    F. Kovacs coll.
    Private coll.