RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 93998)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 93998)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Issue Fine style
Dating AD 247–9
Obverse inscription IMP C M IVL PHILIPPVS PIO FEL AVG (sic)
Edition Imperator Caesar Marcus Iulius Philippus Pius Felix Augustus Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Iul(ius) Philippus Pi{o}(us) Fel(ix) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Pious Fortunate Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Philip I, left, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL DAMAS METROP
Edition colonia Damasco metropoli col(onia) Damas(co) metrop(oli)
Translation in the colony Damascus, metropolis
Reverse design Fortuna seated left, on rock, holding fillet or diadem and cornucopia; in upper left field, ram leaping right; below, upper part of river god Chrysoroas swimming
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 18.28 g
Axis 2, 12
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note Ram leaping through circular device.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     CNG EA 341, 17 Dec. 2014, lot 46
— —     ✸ R. McAlee coll. = Savoca Coins, 8th Blue Auction, 15 July 2018, lot 836