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Bizya AE29 Moushmov 3510 of Philip I

Philip I & Otacilia Severa AE29 of Bizya, Thrace. AYT K M IOVL FILIPPOC AV M WTAK CEBHP L CEBA, confronted draped busts / BIZVHNWN, Demeter advancing left with corn ears & long torch.

Lot No.2605. VF, spectacular detail and a scarce city.

$ 350.

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.