RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 7497)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 7497)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Issue Issue 2
Dating AD 247/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλι(ος) Φίλιππος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Philip I, left, seen from front, sometimes wearing balteus
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛΩΝ, Δ Ε, S C
Edition Ἀντιοχέων μητρό(πολις) κολων(ίας) 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; below, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.60 g
Axis 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12
Reference CRS 498a; McAlee 985a–b
Specimens 42 (23 in the core collections)
Note Bust sometimes with balteus and cuirass decorated with gorgoneion.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1930,0909.2
    L: 2003,0612.1
    L BMC 531
    P: Chandon de Briailles 1487
    P: AA.GR.26148
    P: Chandon de Briailles 1488
    P: 1973.103
    P: AA.GR.22964
    P: AA.GR.26609
    P: 783
    C
    C
    G SNG 3079
    Mu
    ✸ NY: 1944.100.66081
    NY: 1938.104.91
    NY: 1938.104.92
    NY: 1991.3.29
    O: Godwyn
    O: Milne
    O: Walker Müller 56, 25 Sept. 1987, lot 264
    V: GR 21543
    V: GR 21547
    Tübingen: Slg. Müller 1544
    Yale: 1938.6000.855 Bellinger, Hoards 8–9, no. 198; Dura Excavations, no. 1720
    Yale: 1938.6000.2192 Dura Excavations, no. 1720
    CNG 49, 17 Mar. 1999, lot 1074
    CNG EA 103, 8 Dec. 2004, lot 124
    CNG EA 212, 17 June 2009, lot 205
    Frascone 428
    Frascone 648
    Frascone 651
    Lindgren I, 2018
    MC coll. = McAlee 985a/4
    MC coll. = McAlee 985a/5
    MC coll. = McAlee 985b/4
    Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 42, 3 Apr. 2016, lot 591
    PHI Excavations Zeugma, p. 32, no. 124
    Private coll.
    Private coll.
    Private coll.
    Roma Numismatics 13, 23 Mar. 2017, lot 529