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Philip I - SECULAR GAMES antoninian (MA21112)

Philip I - SECULAR GAMES antoninian (MA21112)
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Philip I - SECULAR GAMES antoninian (MA21112)
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  • Model: secular games cippus antoninian
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Philip I AR Antoninianus, Saeculares reverse
Philippus I Arabs (244-249 AD). AR Antoninianus (20 mm, 3,16 g), Rome, 248.
Obv. IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right.
Rev. SAECVLARES AVGG, Cippus inscribed COS / III.
RIC 24c.
 fine/fine+

AD 248 marked the 1000th birthday of Rome. The ‘millenary age’ is conveyed through the use of the reverse legend Miliarium Saeculum, commemorating Rome’s newly completed millennium and commencement of another.