RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 69579)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 69579)
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 ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλ(ιος) Φίλιππος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων νεωκό(ρων) Πύθια
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate, Pythian (games)
Reverse design agonistic crown with palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.24 g
Axis 7, 12
Reference Touratsoglou 39, 85–6
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1958,0304.111 Touratsoglou 39, 86
    NY: 1944.100.11922 SNG 891 = Touratsoglou 39, 85
    Yale: 2004.6.1406
    CGT coll.
    ✸ F. Kovacs coll. = CNG EA 415, 28 Feb. 2018, lot 434 = Lanz 153, 12 Dec. 2011, lot 538