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Deultum AE24 Moushmov 3766 of Philip I

Philip I AE24 of Deultum, Thrace. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right / COL FL PAC DEVLT, Athena, helmeted, standing left holding spear and shield, facing a tree upon which a serpent is climbing.

Lot No.3233. nVF/VF, with a really nice image of Athena.

$ 75.

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.