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Coin of Antioch with bust of Philip I

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 244–249
Mint: Pisidia, Antioch

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 24.5 mm. Weight: 8.27 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.2950
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust of Philip I to right.
IMPMIVLPHILIPPVSAV (no crossbar on the A)
Reverse: Standard each side of vexillum. Eagle on top of standards and vexillum.
COLON CASAR ANTI (no crossbars on the As)
In field: S R
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Arthur M. Woodward Collection; by 1962: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W.1 (sale of the A. M. Woodward Collection, September 27, 1962); purchased at the Woodward sale by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., February 13, 1963