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Philip I - SECULAR GAMES antoninian CIPPUS (JUN2140)

Philip I - SECULAR GAMES antoninian CIPPUS (JUN2140)
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Philip I - SECULAR GAMES antoninian CIPPUS (JUN2140)
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  • Model: secular games cippus antoninian
€ 79.00
Philip I AR Antoninianus, Saeculares reverse
Philippus I Arabs (244-249 AD). AR Antoninianus (22 mm, 3,55 g), Rome, 248.
Obv. IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right.
Rev. SAECVLARES AVGG, Cippus inscribed COS / III.
RIC 24c.
good very 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.