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Markianopolis AE28 Moushmov 858 of Philip II

Philip II AE28 Pentassarion of Markianopolis. M IOVLIOC FILIPPOC, KAICAP below, confronted draped busts of Philip II & Serapis / MARKIANOPOLEITWN, Aesklepios standing right, head left, leaning on serpent entwined staff to left, E in left field.

Lot No.1961. VF, rare type, one of the last issues from Markianopolis.

$ 85.

Philip II was the son of Philip the Arab and Otacilia Severa. He was made Caesar when his father assumed the throne in 244 AD, and Augustus in 247 AD, but he soon shared his father's fate when they were killed by Trajan Decius' rebel forces at Verona in 249 AD.