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Tomis AE31 SNGCop 306 of Philip I

Philip I & Otacilia Severa AE31 of Tomis, Thrace. AVT M IOVL FILIPPOC M OTA CEVHPA CEB, confronted busts / MHTROPONTOV TOMEWC, Serapis standing left with raised hand and scepter. Moushmov -.

Lot No.3073. VF/nVF.

$ 225.

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.