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Tomis AE28 Moushmov 2305 of Philip I

Philip I & Otacilia Severa AE28 of Tomis, Thrace. AVT M IOVL FILIPPOC M OTA CEVHPA CEB, confronted busts / MHTROPONTOV TOMEWC, Tyche standing left with patera & cornucopiae.

Lot No.2816. VF and scarce.

$ 175.

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.