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Philippus I Arabs
Marcus Julius Phillippus
(AD xxx - 244 - 249)

Philippus I 'Arabs' Moesia
1. Front 2. Back
Bronze Sestertius - Æ 28 mm - 23 grams - Die axis 01:00 - Struck AD 243-244.
1. IMP M IVL PHIL[IPPV]S ΛVG (Imperator Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus).
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of bearded emperor facing right.
2. PMS C-[O]L [VIM] (Provincia Moesia Superior, Colonia Viminacium - Province of Upper Moesia, City of Viminacium). Moesia, in Chiton, wearing headdress with drapery attached, standing facing us. Her arms outstretched and her hands protective over (at her right) a bull (symbol of Legio VII) and (at her left) a lion (symbol for Legio IV).
2.b ΛN V (Anno V - Year 5 of obtaining colonial status).
Coins of our dear Philip range then from An V to An XI.
Provincially minted in Viminacium, Moesia Superior.

Obv. : Good, rough - Rev. : Good, rough - Thick.