Phillip I (The Arab) - Roma AR Antoninianus
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245-247 AD. Rome mint. Obv: IMP PHILIPPVS AVG legend with radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: ROMAE AETERNAE legend with Roma seated left, holding Victory and sceptre, shield at side. RIC 44b; Sear 8952. 3.73 grams. ("). The son of an Arab chieftain named Marinus, this emperor is better known as 'Philip the Arab'. He became praetorian prefect to Gordian III, whom he eventually had killed. At the height of his reign, games and spectacles were held in Rome in celebration of the city's millennium. Philip and his son were both killed in battle, and Trajan Decius took the imperial throne in 249 AD. [No Reserve]
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Extremely fine with a softer reverse.
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Phillip I (The Arab) - Roma AR Antoninianus
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