Description

ROMAN EMPIRE.

Provincial Coinage.

Syria Seleucis and Pieria.

Philip I, (The Arab) A.D. 244-249.

AR Tetradrachm, Antiochia circa A.D. 245.

Obverse: Philip I bust left, Radiate, draped and cuirassed.

Legend in Greek: AYTOK K M IOYΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ CЄB. (Emperor and Caesar, Marcus Julius Philip, Augustus.)

Reverse: Eagle with spread wings standing facing on palm frond, head left, and holding wreath in beak.

Below exergue SC, indicating that the coin was struck with permission from, and under the authority of the Senate in Rome.

Reverse legend in Greek: ΔHMAPX EΞ OYCIAC YΠATO Δ.

Mint Antioch.

Billon, 25mm, 12.99g.

Catalogue: McAlee 895, Prieur 339.

Grade: aEF. Excellent portrait.

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