RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 7884)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 7884)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Nicopolis Seleucidis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΕΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ϹΕΛΕΥΚΙΔΟϹ Η
Edition Νεικοπολειτῶν Σελευκίδος ηʹ
Translation of the Nicopolitans of Seleucis, 8
Reverse design two figures advancing right; before them, half-length figure amid reeds (?); above, Eros flying right, downwards, holding torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 13.36 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference CRS 17; Bland, Jotapian 5–6
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    P: 1966.453 Bland, Jotapian 5a
    J-SBF Bland, Jotapian 6a
    Yale: 2003.12.1
    ✸ CNG EA 352, 3 June 2015, lot 357
    CNG Triton XVIII, 6 Jan. 2015, lot 900 = G. Hirsch, Munich, 175, 23 Sept. 1992, lot 1310 = Bland, Jotapian 5b
    Demeter Coins 21, 15 Sept. 2024, lot 269
    F. Jarman coll. = M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 739 (Righetti)
    Münzzentrum Rheinland 152, 2 Sept. 2009, lot 400
    Triskeles Sale 25, 28 Sept. 2018, lot 294