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Tomis AE27 Moushmov 2324 of Philip II

Philip II AE27 of Tomis, Moesia Inferior. M IOVLIOC FILIPPOC, KAICAP below, confronted draped busts of Philip & Serapis / MHTROP PONTOU TOMEWC, Dionysos, naked, standing facing with wine jug, leaning on serpent-entwined column to right.

Lot No.2075.

$ 145.

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.