RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 7501)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 7501)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus) ; Philip II (Augustus)
Issue Issue 2
Dating AD 247–9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΙ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτορες) Κ(αίσαρες) Μ(ᾶρκοι) Ἰούλι(οι) Φίλιπποι Σεβ(αστοὶ)
Translation Emperors Caesars Marcus Julius Philippus I and II Augusti
Obverse design confronted busts of Philip I, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from front, and Philip II, radiate, draped and cuirassed, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛΩΝ, Δ Ε, S C
Edition Ἀντιοχέων μητρο(πόλεως) κολων(ίας) δʹ ἐ(παρχιῶν) s(enatus) c(onsulto)
Translation of the Antiochenes, 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 15.87 g
Axis 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference CRS 498b; McAlee 1000
Specimens 42 (16 in the core collections)
Note Several specimens appear to be modern casts, e.g. Paris (AA.GR.18180) 14.50g; and Winterthur G 7636, 14.57g

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: G.5470 BMC 535
    L: 1844,0425.1171.H BMC 536
    P: Chandon de Briailles 1493
    P: 789
    B: 18257618, Löbb.
    B: 18274729, Fox
    C: 511-1993
    C: Leake
    C: Leake
    Cop SNG 273
    G SNG 3066
    NY: 1910.88.49
    NY: 1944.100.66091
    NY: 1944.100.66090
    V: GR 21552
    V: GR 21551
    Beirut-AUB: C180
    Freiburg: 12363
    Yale: 2001.87.7224
    Yale: 1938.6000.858 Bellinger, Hoards 8–9, no. 210; Dura Excavations, no. 1734
    CGT coll.
    CGT coll.
    CGT coll.
    CNG 49, 17 Mar. 1999, lot 1083
    CNG EA 106, 19 Jan. 2005, lot 215
    CNG EA 147, 6 Sept. 2006, lot 106
    CNG EA 342, 14 Jan. 2015, lot 464
    CNG EA 379, 27 July 2016, lot 318 = CNG 43, 24 Sept. 1997, lot 1115 = CNG MBS 58, 19 Sept. 2001, lot 961
    CNG EA 541, 28 June 2023, lot 376
    CNG EA 71, 20 Aug. 2003, lot 103
    CNG EA 91, 9 June 2004, lot 133
    CNG EA 99, 13 Oct. 2004, lot 76
    CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1207
    Kölner Münzkabinett 121, 12 Apr. 2024, lot 425
    Lindgren I, A2019A
    M&M GmbH 14, 16 Apr. 2004, lot 653
    MC coll. = McAlee 1000/4 = CNG EA 200, 3 Dec. 2008, lot 285
    Noonans 312, 22 Oct. 2024, lot 358
    Private coll.
    Private coll.
    Roma Numismatics EA 114, 23 Nov. 2023, lot 799
    Sol Numismatik 13, 20 May 2023, lot 217