RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 8232)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 8232)
Province Syria Coele
Region Commagene
City Samosata
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Augustus)
Issue Antioch style
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, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΑΜΟϹΑΤΕΩΝ
Edition Σαμοσατέων
Translation of the Samosatians
Reverse design Tyche seated left, on rock, veiled and turreted, holding corn ears, eagle on wrist; before, Pegasus leaping left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.60 g
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference CRS 34b
Specimens 21 (11 in the core collections)
Note One obverse die has a slight engraving error with an extra stroke that gives it the appearance of reading ΙIΟΥΛΙ. The same die also reads ƐϹΒ instead of ϹƐΒ.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: 1844,0425.193 BMC 54
    P: Chandon de Briailles 1115
    P: Y 20243.Seymour de Ricci 392
    B: 18275141, 1906 Löbbecke
    B: 18275143, 1873 Fox
    Cop SNG 24
    NY: 1944.100.65217
    NY: 1944.100.65225
    O: Raye
    O: Milne
    O: Weber
    Leeds-UL: 1016
    Agora 45, 24 Nov. 2015, lot 154
    CGT coll.
    CNG EA 325, 23 Apr. 2014, lot 411
    Falghera 2362
    Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 2184
    Naumann 66, 3 June 2018, lot 329
    Private coll.
    Roma Numismatics EA 118, 8 Apr. 2024, lot 1151 = Roma Numismatics EA 80, 4 Feb. 2021, lot 868
    Savoca 8 Blue, 14 July 2018, lot 936