RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 7622)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 7622)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Issue Bronze: Issue 2
Dating AD 247–9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Σεβαστός Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλι(ος) Φίλιππος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛΩΝ, Δ Ε, S C
Edition Ἀντιοχέων μητροπόλεως κολωνίας δʹ ἐπαρχιῶν senatus consulto 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, left; above, ram leaping left, head right; below, star; legend and Δ Ɛ and S C retrograde
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.74 g
Axis 6
Reference CRS 498a; McAlee 981–2
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Note Star appears to be missing from one reverse die

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    ✸ CNG 49, 17 Mar. 1999, lot 1070
    Falghera 2345
    MC coll. = McAlee 981/1
    MC coll. = McAlee 982/1
    Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 28, 1 Feb. 2015, lot 293