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Pella AE25 Moushmov 6493 of Philip I

Philip I AE25 of Pella, Macedonia. IMP C M IVL PHILIPPVS, laureate draped bust right / COL IVL AVG PELLA, Pan seated left on rock, holding lagobalon (throwing stick), his flute (pan pipes) to left.

Lot No.2056. VF.

$ 125.

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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.