Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Philip I (AD 244-249). AE assarion 20 mm. 5.6 gm. NGC VF 5/5 - 3/5, repatinated. Obv: ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛI ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CΕΒ, laureate bust of Philip I right, with slight drapery visible on left shoulder. Rev: S-C, draped bust of Athena right, wearing crested helmet pushed back on head. Spijkerman -. SNG ANS -. K. Butcher, "Two Related Coinages of the Third Century AD: Philippopolis and Samosata," INJ 9 (1986-7), 5. Extremely Rare.
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