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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4577254, member: 75937&quot;]The latest volume of RPC to be published, volume VIII, is now online! The volume deals with the coinage of Philip I, AD 244-249. The coins are not yet assigned an RPC number, though, but given ID numbers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple from my collection I decided to look up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Philip II from Nisibis. This is a double die match to the <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/2962" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/2962" rel="nofollow">RPC &quot;plate&quot; coin</a>, the <a href="https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b85570159" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b85570159" rel="nofollow">specimen in the Bibliothèque nationale de France</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/philip-ii-nisibis-jpg.1055765/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Philip II, AD 244-249.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 23.8 mm, 8.42 g, 11 h.</p><p>Mesopotamia, Nisibis, AD 244-49.</p><p>Obv: ΑVΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟVΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CЄB, radiate and cuirassed bust left</p><p>Rev: IOV CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI MHT, tetrastyle temple; statue of Tyche within, ram above Tyche&#039;s head, river god below.</p><p>Refs: BMC 22-24*; Sear GIC 4157; SNG Cop 240*; SNG Hunterian 2.</p><p>*BMC and SNG Cop erroneously attribute this coin to Philip I.</p><p><br /></p><p>And <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/8196" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/8196" rel="nofollow">this one</a> from Zeugma:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/philip-ii-zeugma-peribolos-jpg.937630/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Philip II, AD 244-249 (or 247-249).</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 28.0 mm, 14.93 g, 12 h.</p><p>Syria: Commagene, Zeugma.</p><p>Obv: AVTOK K M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>Rev: ZЄYΓMATЄΩN, tetrastyle temple, before which is a grove; colonnade on right and left; portico in front. Capricorn right in exergue.</p><p>Refs: Sear 4142; BMC 40; Butcher 31c; SNC 60-62.</p><p><br /></p><p>And <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/20391" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/20391" rel="nofollow">this one</a> of Otacilia Severa from Metropolis. Mine is a reverse (obverse too?) die match to the &quot;plate&quot; coin, BMC 25.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/otacilia-severa-metropolis-jpg.705716/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Otacilia Severa, AD 244-249.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 27.3 mm, 10.85 g, 5 h.</p><p>Ionia, Metropolis, AD 244-249.</p><p>Obv: ΜΑΡ ΩΤΑ CЄΥΗΡΑ, diademed and draped bust right.</p><p>Rev: ΜΑΡ CΤΡ ΑΠΡΩΝΙΑΝȣ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛЄΙ-ΤΩΝ, Tyche standing l., holding figure of Ares and cornucopia; at her feet, lighted altar.</p><p>Refs: BMC 25; SGI 4011; SNG Von Aulock 2070; SNG Copenhagen --; SNG München --.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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