RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 69839)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 69839)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Mesambria
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Caesar)
Obverse inscription ΜΑΡ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Μᾶρ(κος) Ιούλιος Φίλιππος Καῖσαρ
Translation Marcus Julius Philippus Caesar
Obverse design confronted bare head of Philip II, right, and bust of Sarapis, draped, left
Reverse inscription ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Μεσαμβριανῶν
Translation of the Mesambrians
Reverse design Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.60 g
Axis 7, 8
Reference Karayotov 389–92
Specimens 13 (1 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., sometimes, ΜΕⳞΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ. Demeter is most of the time veiled.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     B: 18250000, 1902/995
— —     Bucharest-IA Ruzicka, Mesambria inedita 31
— —     Nesebar: 1194
— —     Shumen: N 4455
— —     Varna: 513
— —     CNG EA 354, 1 July 2015, lot 320
— —     Gorny & Mosch EA 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4325
— —     J.G. Kiss coll.
— —     Karayotov 392 = Minchev coll.
— —     Künker 26, 9 Mar. 1994, lot 507
— —     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 150, 2 Mar. 2025, lot 384
— —     Ritter FPL 85, Dec. 2009, lot 583
— —     Salon Numizmatyczny Mateusz Wójcicki 8, 18 Sept. 2021, lot 3147