RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 7495)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 7495)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Issue Issue 1
Dating AD 244–7
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ ΜΑ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μᾶ(ρκος) Ἰούλ(ιος) Φίλιππος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛΩ, Δ Ε, S C
Edition Ἀντιοχέων μητρο(πόλεως) κολω(νίας) δʹ ἐ(παρχιῶν) S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation of the Antiocheans, metropolis colony, of the 4 eparchies, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design veiled, turreted and draped bust of Tyche, right; above, ram leaping right, head left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 16.69 g
Axis 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12
Reference CRS 498a; McAlee 967–8
Specimens 21 (10 in the core collections)
Note Letters in reverse field sometimes retrograde (e.g. McAlee 968)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     L: G.5464 BMC 528
— —     P: 778
— —     P: AA.GR.22966
— —     C: 573-1948
— —     G SNG 3061
— —     Mu
— —     Mu
— —     NY: 1938.104.85
— —     ✸ O: Milne
— —     O: Corpus Christi
— —     Beirut-AUB: C183
— —     Bern: N/G1852
— —     Freiburg: 12365
— —     Münster: M 1470
— —     Yale: 2004.6.3620
— —     Yale: 1938.6000.853 Bellinger, Hoards 8–9, no. 194; Dura Excavations no. 1715
— —     Yale: 1938.6000.2193 Dura Excavations, no. 1715
— —     CNG 49, 17 Mar. 1999, lot 1066
— —     Frascone 399
— —     MC coll. = McAlee 967/4
— —     Peus 382, 26 Apr. 2005, lot 647