URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/93667
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Volume
VIII
Number
— (unassigned; ID 93667)
Province
Mesopotamia
Region
Mesopotamia
City
Nisibis
Reign
Philip I
Person (obv.)
Philip II (Augustus)
Dating
AD 247–9
Obverse inscription
ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹΕ Β
Edition
Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλι(ος) Φίλιππος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation
Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design
radiate and cuirassed bust of Philip II, left, seen from front, wearing balteus
Reverse inscription
ΙΟΥ ϹΕ Π ΚΟΛΩ ΝΕ ϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤ
Edition
Ἰου(λία) Σεπ(τίμινα) κολω(νία) Νέσιβι(ς) μητ(ρόπολις)
Translation
Julian Septimian colony Nisibis, metropolis
Reverse design
temple with triangular pediment (facing bust within) and four columns (two are large and decorated) enclosing draped, veiled and turreted Tyche seated facing, with ram leaping right above her; below, river god swimming right
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
26 mm
Average weight
9.19 g
Specimens
2 (0 in the core collections)