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ROMAN SYRIA; Augustus BCE 27-CE 14 revived posthumous Tetradrachms of Philip Philadelphus


AR Tetradrachm, 14.39 g, 26 mm, 12h, Antioch mint, dated Yr. 28 of the Caesarean Era or BCE 22/21

RPC 4144

Newell 41

Prieur 21

McAlee 22

O: diad hd of Philip Philadelphus r.

R: Zeus enthroned l holding Nike, frozen control under throne, AYT monogram inner left field and HK in ex as the Caesarean Era year.  ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ on right ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ on left

 

EX: “Livia” Hoard 1998 cf. Richard G. McAlee “The Livia Hoard of Pseudo-Philip Tetradrachms” AJN 11 (1999) pp. 1-12 and plates 1-3. Where among the hoard of 677 pieces, only 20 were identified as Yr. 28.

EX:  CNG which made the coins available to McAlee for study.