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Philip I AE 26mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 244-249.
Struck AD 247-9. ΑΥΤΟΚ • Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI MHT, temple with arched pediment and four columns enclosing draped, veiled and turreted Tyche of Antioch seated facing; above, ram (Aries) leaping to right, head to left; below, river-god Euphrates swimming to right. Unpublished in the major references with this reverse legend, including RPC Online, BMC Arabia, SNG Copenhagen. 11.96gr, 26mm, 1h
Good Very Fine. Apparently unpublished variant with a shorter reverse legend. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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