Philip I, AE34 pentassarion of Apameia, Phrygia. AD 244-249. 18.56 g. Magistrate Aur. Alexander. 

AYT K IOYL FILIPPOC AYG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
EP M AYR ALEXANDR-OY B APXI AP-AMEWN, generally described as Noah and the ark, but could allude to the flood of 
Deucalion, showing Deucalion and Pyrrha. Two half-length 
figures of standing left in square chest representing the 
Ark, ("inscribed NWE") and floating on waves, a bird sitting 
on it at upper right. On the left the figures standing left 
on dry land, raising hands, with a bird above them holding 
an olive branch. 

BMC 182; SNG von Aulock 3510. 
Very rare.

With permission of Leu Numismatik AG auction 5, Lot 269, Sept-Oct. 2019.