RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 69782)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 69782)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Issue Fine style
Dating AD 247–9
Obverse inscription IMP C M IVL PHILIPPVS PIO FEL AVG (sic)
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Iul(ius) Philippus Pi{o}(us) Fel(ix) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Pious Fortunate Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL ΔAMAS METROP
Edition col(onia) Δamas(cos) metrop(olis)
Translation the colony of Damascus, metropolis
Reverse design male figure, bearded, wearing toga, standing facing right, making offering over lit altar; female figure, wearing helmet, standing left, pouring libation from jug over altar and holding box of fruits; in upper centre field, cypress or cypress-branch; in exergue, ram's head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average weight 13.22 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ P: Y 23455 bis, Chandon de Briailles 1197