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

Philippus I 'Arabs'
1. Front 2. Back
Bronze - Æ 27-28 mm - 16,4 grams - Die axis 12:00 - Struck AD 248-249.
1. [IMP M IV]L PHIL]IPPVS [AVG] (Imperator Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus).
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of bearded emperor facing right.
2. [P]ROV-INC-IA DACIA (Provincia Dacia - Province of Dacia).
Dacia, standing, full front facing left in long Chiton and wearing a Phrygian cap. In her right arm holding the standard of the legion V (with its symbol the eagle at that side at her feet). In her left arm the standard of legion XIII (with its symbol the lion at that side at her feet). Wearing sword or Logobolon at her left side.
2.b AN III : Year 3 (Year 3 of obtaining provincial status). AN III is AD 248-249.
Different legend break from 02.a. Seems like a hint of An IIII, but that should be impossible.
Minted for the Provincia Dacia.

Obv. : Good - Rev. : Good.