Philip I, AE As, 27mm, 12.05 gr. 248 AD.

Obv: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right 
Rev: SAECVLARES AVGG, S C across field, cippus inscribed COS/III in 
two lines. 

RIC 162b; Cohen 196. 

This issue commemorates the millenial anniversary of Rome.

Contributed by Dr. Hubert Lanz, auction November 2000, 
Added July 2011.