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Markianopolis AE30 Moushmov 853 of Philip I

Philip I & Otacilia Severa Æ30 Pentassarion of Markianopolis. AVT M IOVL FILIPPOC AVG M WTAK CEBHPAC C, confronting draped busts / VP PRACT MECCALLEINOU MARKIANOPOLEIT-WN, Tyche standing facing with rudder & cornucopiae, E to left.

Lot No.1397. nVF with a moderate flan split.

$ 85.

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.