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Object Type
Museum number: 1975,0411.13
Description: Copper Alloy coin. (whole); Bust of Philip I, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right; dotted border. (obverse); Serapis, standing left; right hand raised; left hand holds transverse sceptre; dotted border. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 244-249
Production place: Minted in: Callatis (Thrace)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Die-axis: 7 o'clock; Diameter: 27 millimetres (maximum); Weight: 13.690 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Pick 1898 / Die Antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien: Band I: Viminacium - Nicopolis (349) (type); SNG Hungary III / Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Hungary: Budapest, Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum: Volume III Moesia Inferior: Callatis, Dionysopolis, Istrus, Marcianopolis, Nicopolis ad Istrum, Odessus, Tomis (11) (type)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; classical deity
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Philip I; Representation of: Serapis
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1975
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1975,0411.13

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