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RIC 51 of Philip I

Philip I AR Antoninianus. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGG, Victory standing left, holding a wreath and a palm. RSC 235.

Lot No.1572.

$ 25.

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Philip I the Arab was Gordian III's Praetorian Prefect, but he had ambitions of his own and had Gordian murdered and assumed the throne in 244 AD. He was killed by the forces of Trajan Decius in 249 AD.