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Mesembria AE29 Moushmov 4019 of Philip I

Philip I & Otacilia Severa AE29 of Mesembria, Thrace. AVT M IOVL FILLIPOC (M W)T CEVHPA CEB, Vis-a-vis draped busts of emperor & empress / MECAMBPIANWN, Aequitas-Dikaiosyne standing left with scales & cornucopiae.

Lot No.1972. nVF with a reverse slightly double struck.

$ 105.

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.