Tetradrachm - Philippus I ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥСΙΑС ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Δ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΙΑ SC
Features
| Issuer |
Antioch on the Orontes
(Syria Coele)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Philip I (Marcus Iulius Philippus) (244-249)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 248 |
| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
| Currency | Drachm |
| Composition | Billon |
| Weight | 12.18 g |
| Diameter | 27.5 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 548889 |
| References | RPC Online VIII# 28991 Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/) , McAlee# 934 Richard G. McAlee. The coins of Roman Antioch. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States (3 volumes). Michel Prieur, Karin Prieur; 2000. A Type Corpus of the Syro-Phoenician Tetradrachms and Their Fractions from 57 BC to AD 253. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. |
Obverse
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from front.
Script: Greek
Lettering: ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹЄΒ
Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκ(ράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλι(ος) Φίλιππος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation: Autokrator Caesar Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus
Reverse
Eagle standing right, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Scripts: Greek, Latin
Lettering:
ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ ΥΠΑ ΤΟ Δ
ΑΝΤΙΟΧΙΑ
S C
Unabridged legend:
Δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξουσίας ὕπα(τος) τὸ δ'
Ἀντιοχία
s(enatus) c(onsulto)
Translation:
With tribunician power, consul for the fourth time
Antioch
By decree of the Senate
Mint
| ΑΝΤΙΟΧΙΑ | Antioch on the Orontes, Syria, modern-day Antakya, Turkey |
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (248) | Antioch, Syria | ||||||||||||||
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