RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 7662)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 7662)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (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 II, right, seen from rear
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 16.42 g
Axis 5, 6, 11
Reference CRS 498d; McAlee 1075 and 1075A
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     B: 18258952, Löbb.
— —     V: GR 21541
— —     Yale: 2004.6.3622
— —     Yale: 1938.6000.864 Dura Excavations, no. 1731a ('letters in field backwards')
— —     B. Michaux coll.
— —     cgb.fr MBS 53, 19 Apr. 2012, lot 431 = Finarte Casa d'Aste 995, 26 Nov. 1996, lot 1218 (Fontana coll.)
— —     ✸ CNG EA 283, 25 July 2012, lot 180
— —     MC coll. = McAlee 1075
— —     Nummitra 3, 2 July 2023, lot 516