RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 86215)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 86215)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Issue First group, with ΠΥΘΙΑ
Dating AD 244/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλ(ιος) Φίλιππος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ Ν(Ε), ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων νε(ωκόρων) Πύθια
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate, Pythian (games)
Reverse design agonistic table seen in perspective from left with amphora, agonistic crown containing palm branch and five apples on top
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.77 g
Axis 6, 7, 8
Reference Touratsoglou 34, 73–7
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    ✸ C: 3240-2007, Mossop
    O: Finch Touratsoglou 34, 76
    A: 245/1978 Touratsoglou 34, 74
    Dresden: 2845 Touratsoglou 34, 75
    CGT coll.