| Philip I the Arab, February 244 - End of September 249 A.D. |  |
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| Philip I, the Arab, February 244 - End of September 249 A.D., Soli-Pompeiopolis, Cilicia |   | Aratos was a native of Soli. His chief pursuits were medicine, grammar, and philosophy. He studied with Menecrates in Ephesus, Philitas in Cos and Praxiphanes in Athens. About 276 he was invited to the court of the Antigonus II Gonatas, whose victory over the Gauls in 277 BC Aratus set to verse. There he wrote his most famous poem, Phaenomena ("Appearances"). He then spent some time at the court of Antiochus I Soter but returned to Pella where he died sometime before 240 B.C.
Comes with an old round coin ticket probably from Seaby 1960's or 1970's that references Milne, Numismatic Chronicle 1940, page 247, 40 (Notes on the Oxford Collection. 6, Phrygia to Galatia - Numismatic Chronicle, 5th ser. Vol. 20 (1940), p. 213-254, pls. XII-XIV). We do not hold NC 1940 and cannot verify the reference. |
| SH58900. Bronze hexassarion, Lindgren I 1605 (same dies); BMC Cilicia -, SNG BnF -, SNG Levante -, SNGvA -, SNG Cop -, SNG Pfälzer -, gF, weight 12.323 g, maximum diameter 32.4 mm, die axis 180o, Soli-Pompeiopolis mint, 245 - 246 A.D.; obverse AUT K IOU FILIPPOC EU CEB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, P - P across field; reverse POMPHIOPOL IAT (year 131) V (6 assaria), bare-headed, draped bust of Aratos right; ex Ancient Numismatic Enterprise; extremely rare; $720.00 (€554.40) |
| Philip I the Arab, February 244 - End of September 249 A.D., Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria, Syria |  | MON VRB stands for MONETA VRBIS. According to H. R. Baldus this initial issue of coins was minted in Rome. Indeed the portrait style is unmistakably that of the mint of Rome, and even if the coins were actually minted in Antioch, the dies were surely engraved by the Rome mint. |
| SH60142. Billon tetradrachm, McAlee 899, Prieur 304, BMC Syria 507, EF, coppery encrustations, weight 10.570 g, maximum diameter 27.4 mm, die axis 45o, Rome or Antioch mint, 244 or 246 A.D.; obverse AUTOK K M IOUL FILIPPOU CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse DHMARC EXOUCIAC, eagle standing facing on ground line, wings open, head and tail left, wreath in beak, S - C below wings, MON VRB in ex; areas of light corrosion, uncirculated sharp detail, mint luster; $335.00 (€257.95) |
| Philip I the Arab, February 244 - End of September 249 A.D., Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria, Syria |  | MON VRB stands for MONETA VRBIS. According to H. R. Baldus this initial issue of coins was minted in Rome. Indeed the portrait style is unmistakably that of the mint of Rome, and even if the coins were actually minted in Antioch, the dies were surely engraved by the Rome mint. |
| SH60149. Billon tetradrachm, McAlee 899, Prieur 304, BMC Syria 507, EF, weight 13.825 g, maximum diameter 27.6 mm, die axis 0o, Rome or Antioch mint, 244 or 246 A.D.; obverse AUTOK K M IOUL FILIPPOU CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse DHMARC EXOUCIAC, eagle standing facing on ground line, wings open, head and tail left, wreath in beak, S - C below wings, MON VRB in ex; double strike evident in obverse legend, minor flan crack, small encrustations, very sharp, handsome portrait and eagle; $320.00 (€246.40) |
| Philip I the Arab, February 244 - End of September 249 A.D., Antioch, Seleukis and Pieria, Syria |  | In 248, overwhelmed by the number of invasions and usurpers, Philip offered to resign. The Senate decided to support the Emperor, with Gaius Messius Quintus Decius most vocal of all the senators. Philip was so impressed that he dispatched Decius with a special command of the Pannonian and Moesian provinces. His loyal supporter, Decius, was, however, proclaimed Emperor by the Danubian armies in the spring of 249 and defeated and killed Philip in September. |
| RP59985. Silver tetradrachm, McAlee 907a, Prieur 357, SNG Righetti 2027, SNG Cop -, EF, mint luster, weight 10.961 g, maximum diameter 26.6 mm, die axis 180o, Antioch mint, 247 A.D.; obverse AUTOK K M IOULI FILIPPOC CEB, radiate and cuirassed bust left, Gorgon's head on cuirass; reverse DHMARC EXOUCIAC UPA TO G, eagle standing right, head right, wings open, wreath in beak, ANTIOXIA / S C in ex; $315.00 (€242.55) |
| Philip I the Arab, February 244 - End of September 249 A.D., Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria, Syria |  | MON VRB stands for MONETA VRBIS. According to H. R. Baldus this initial issue of coins was minted in Rome. Indeed the portrait style is unmistakably that of the mint of Rome, and even if the coins were actually minted in Antioch, the dies were surely engraved by the Rome mint. |
| SH60002. Billon tetradrachm, McAlee 901e, Prieur 309, EF, bit grainy but some luster, weight 12.584 g, maximum diameter 27.0 mm, die axis 180o, Rome or Antioch mint, 244 or 246 A.D.; obverse AUTOK K M IOUL FILIPPOU CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse DHMARC EXOUCIAC, eagle standing facing, wings spread, no ground line, small E above left wing, head left, wreath in beak, MON VRB below, S - C across field under wings; scarce; $315.00 (€242.55) |
| Philip I the Arab, February 244 - End of September 249 A.D., Antioch, Seleukis and Pieria, Syria |  | In 248, overwhelmed by the number of invasions and usurpers, Philip offered to resign. The Senate decided to support the Emperor, with Gaius Messius Quintus Decius most vocal of all the senators. Philip was so impressed that he dispatched Decius with a special command of the Pannonian and Moesian provinces. His loyal supporter, Decius, was, however, proclaimed Emperor by the Danubian armies in the spring of 249 and defeated and killed Philip in September. |
| SH60141. Silver tetradrachm, McAlee 907a, Prieur 357, SNG Righetti 2027, SNG Cop -, EF, weight 10.949 g, maximum diameter 26.4 mm, die axis 180o, Antioch mint, 247 A.D.; obverse AUTOK K M IOULI FILIPPOC CEB, radiate and cuirassed bust left, Gorgon's head on cuirass; reverse DHMARC EXOUCIAC UPA TO G, eagle standing right, head right, wings open, wreath in beak, ANTIOXIA / S C in ex; $315.00 (€242.55) |
| Philip I the Arab, February 244 - End of September 249 A.D., Antioch, Seleukis and Pieria, Syria |  | "And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch." -- Acts 11:26 |
| SH60147. Billon tetradrachm, McAlee 902, Prieur 371, EF, weight 11.716 g, maximum diameter 26.6 mm, die axis 0o, Antioch mint, 247 A.D.; obverse AUTOK K M IOULI FILIPPOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; reverse DHMARC EXOUCIAC UPA TO G, eagle standing facing, head and tail right, wreath in beak, wings spread, ANTIOXIA S C in ex; grainy areas of light corrosion, areas of mint luster, sharp detail, good portrait; $290.00 (€223.30) |
| Philip I the Arab, February 244 - End of September 249 A.D., Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria, Syria |  | In 248, overwhelmed by the number of invasions and usurpers, Philip offered to resign. The Senate decided to support the Emperor, with Gaius Messius Quintus Decius most vocal of all the senators. Philip was so impressed that he dispatched Decius with a special command of the Pannonian and Moesian provinces. His loyal supporter, Decius, was, however, proclaimed Emperor by the Danubian armies in the spring of 249 and defeated and killed Philip in September. |
| GS60146. Billon tetradrachm, McAlee 935, Prieur 444; BMC Syria 517, aEF, weight 13.013 g, maximum diameter 26.9 mm, die axis 180o, Antioch mint, 248 - 249 A.D.; obverse AUTOK K M IOULI FILIPPOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse DHMARC EXOUCIAC UPA TO D, eagle standing left, wings open, head left, wreath in beak, ANTIOXIA / S C below; light corrosion on reverse, sharp detail, well centered and struck, some mint luster; $260.00 (€200.20) |
| Philip I the Arab, February 244 - End of September 249 A.D., Thessalonica, Macedonia |  | The god Kabeiros is similar in appearance to Dionysos and the rites of his cult were likely similar to those of the Dionysian mysteries. The attributes of Kabeiros are a rhyton and hammer. |
| RP59998. Bronze AE 25, Varbanov 4709, BMC Macedonia p. 127, 133, SNG Cop -, VF, light scratches, weight 8.831 g, maximum diameter 25.2 mm, die axis 0o, Thessalonica mint, obverse AUK K M IOU FILIPPOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse QECCALONIKEWN PUQIA, Apollo standing left, small Kabeiros in right, laurel branch in left, at his feet, agonistic urn containing a palm branch rests on a table; scarce; $225.00 (€173.25) |
|  | The curule chair was for senior magistrates including dictators, masters of the horse, consuls, praetors, censors, and the curule aediles. As a form of throne, it might be given as an honor to foreign kings recognized formally as friend (amicus) by the Roman people or senate. Designed for use by commanders in the field, the curule chair could be folded for easy transport. It had no back, low arms, curved legs forming an X, and was traditionally made of or veneered with ivory. |
| SH59594. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC IV 148a, Cohen 121, gVF, flan flaw, weight 18.909 g, maximum diameter 30.5 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, 245 A.D.; obverse IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; reverse P M TR P II COS P P, emperor seated left on curule chair, globe in right, short scepter pointed downward in left; $210.00 (€161.70) |
|  | In 247, Philip the Arab mark the millennium of Rome by holding the Ludi Saeculares. |
| RS45514. Silver antoninianus, SRCV III 8926, RIC IV 60, RSC IV 39, Choice gVF, weight 3.701 g, maximum diameter 22.4 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, 247 A.D.; obverse IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse FELICITAS IMPP, legend in three lines within wreath; near full centering; scarce; $135.00 (€103.95) |
| Philip I the Arab, February 244 - End of September 249 A.D., Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria, Syria |  | Antioch was an important hub of early Christianity. The city had a large population of Jews and so attracted the earliest missionaries; including Peter, according to the tradition upon which the Antiochene patriarchate still rests its claim for primacy, and later Barnabas, and Paul during his first missionary journey. Its converts were the first to be called Christians. |
| GS55562. Billon tetradrachm, McAlee 935, Prieur 444; BMC Syria 517, VF, weight 11.180 g, maximum diameter 28.3 mm, die axis 30o, Antioch mint, 249 A.D.; obverse AUTOK K M IOULI FILIPPOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; reverse DHMARC EXOUCIAC UPA TO D, eagle standing left, wings open, head left, wreath in beak, ANTIOXIA / S C below; $135.00 (€103.95) |
| Philip I the Arab, February 244 - End of September 249 A.D., Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria, Syria |  | In 248, Trajan Decius put down the revolts of Pacatianus in Moesia and Iotapianus in Syria, by order of Emperor Philip. In 249, after his legionaries proclaimed him emperor, Trajan Decius marched them to Verona, where he defeated and killed Philip. |
| RP57153. Billon tetradrachm, McAlee 922, Prieur 375, Dura 404, VF, weight 12.492 g, maximum diameter 28.3 mm, die axis 225o, Antioch mint, 248 A.D.; obverse AUTOK K M IOULI FILIPPOC CEB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse DHMARC EXOUCIAC UPA TO G, eagle standing right, head right, wings spread, open wreath in beak, ANTIOXIA / S C in exergue; $125.00 (€96.25) |
|  | This coin is dedicated to the goddess Fides for her good quality of preserving the public peace by keeping the army true to its allegiance. |
| RB29509. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC IV 171a, Cohen 51, aVF, weight 18.206 g, maximum diameter 29.3 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, 244 - 249 A.D.; obverse IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; reverse FIDES EXERCITVS S C, four military standards; $110.00 (€84.70) |
| RS30374. Silver antoninianus, Ovari 28A, Cunetio 30, RIC IV 76 var (cuirassed bust left), EF, weight 3.907 g, maximum diameter 23.6 mm, die axis 0o, Antioch mint, 247 A.D.; obverse IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right; reverse P M TR P IIII COS II P P, Felicitas standing left, long caduceus in right, cornucopia in left; rare; $110.00 (€84.70) |
| Philip I the Arab, February 244 - End of September 249 A.D., Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria, Syria |  | When Philip visited Antioch, Saint Babylas refused to let him enter the gathering of Christians at the Easter vigil (Eusebius, Historia ecclesiastica, VI, 34). Later legend elaborates, stating that Babylas demanded that he do penance for his part in the murder of the young Gordian III before he would allow Philip to celebrate Easter. Saint Babylas died in prison in 253 during the Decian persecution. He asked to be buried in his chains. |
| RP57196. Billon tetradrachm, McAlee 948; Prieur 448; BMC Syria 520, VF, partially uncleaned, weight 11.535 g, maximum diameter 26.6 mm, die axis 180o, Antioch mint, obverse AUTOK K M IOULI FILIPPOC CEB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse DHMARC EXOUCIAC UPA TO D, eagle standing left, wings open, head left, open wreath in beak, ANTIOXIA / S C below; $110.00 (€84.70) |
| Philip I the Arab, February 244 - End of September 249 A.D., Nisibis, Mesopotamia |  | Nisibis is the city of Netzivin in the Talmud. The Jews of Nisibis resisted the Roman conqueror, Trajan, to maintain Parthian rule. The city was taken only after a lengthy siege. After the it fell, Nisibis was laid waste and the massacre was so great that the houses, streets, and roads were strewn with corpses. |
| RP57190. Bronze AE 26, SNG Cop 241; BMC Arabia p. 122, 17; Lindgren 2603, aVF, weight 10.576 g, maximum diameter 25.2 mm, die axis 0o, Nisibis mint, obverse AUTOK K M IOULI FILIPPOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; reverse IOU CEP KOLW NECIBI MHT, tetrastyle temple with twisted columns; within arched central bay: statue of Tyche seated facing, ram leaping right above; river-god swimming right below; $105.00 (€80.85) |
|  | In 248, overwhelmed by the number of invasions and usurpers, Philip offered to resign. The Senate decided to support the Emperor, with Gaius Messius Quintus Decius most vocal of all the senators. Philip was so impressed that he dispatched Decius with a special command of the Pannonian and Moesian provinces. His loyal supporter, Decius, was, however, proclaimed Emperor by the Danubian armies in the spring of 249 and defeated and killed Philip in September. |
| RS41695. Silver antoninianus, SRCV III 8968, RIC IV 9, RSC IV 223, gVF, weight 3.323 g, maximum diameter 21.9 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 248 A.D.; obverse IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse TRANQVILLITAS AVGG, Tranquillitas standing left, capricorn in right, scepter in left, B in left field; scarce type; $85.00 (€65.45) |
|  | Liberality is personified by the image of a woman, holding in one hand a counting board, or square tablet with a handle on which are cut a certain number of holes. These boards were used to quickly count the proper number of coins or other items for distribution to each person. It appears they were held over a container, covered with coins and the excess swept away back into the container. The proper number of coins would fill the holes and then would be dumped out to the recipient. On coins this symbol indicated the prince had given to the people money, grain, or other articles of consumption. In the other hand she holds a cornucopia, to indicate the abundance of wheat contained in the public graineries. |
| RS41831. Silver antoninianus, SRCV III 8937, RIC IV 38b, RSC IV 87, aEF, weight 2.953 g, maximum diameter 22.7 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, 245 A.D.; obverse IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse LIBERALITAS AVGG II, Liberalitas standing left, counting board in right, cornucopia in left; well struck with excellent reverse detail, areas of corrosion; $85.00 (€65.45) |
|  | Felicitas was the goddess or personification of good luck and success. She played an important role in Rome's state religion during the empire, and was frequently portrayed on coins. She became a prominent symbol of the wealth and prosperity of the Roman Empire. |
| RS41867. Silver antoninianus, SRCV III 8946, RIC IV 4, RSC IV 136, EF, lustrous, weight 3.905 g, maximum diameter 24.5 mm, die axis 30o, Rome mint, 247 A.D.; obverse IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse P M TR P IIII COS II P P, Felicitas standing half left, long caduceus inf right, cornucopia in left; $85.00 (€65.45) |
|  | The empire is history but Rome is still today, the Eternal City.
During the Early Middle Ages, the population fell to a mere 20,000, reducing the sprawling city to groups of inhabited buildings interspersed among large areas of ruins and vegetation. |
| RS57381. Silver antoninianus, RIC IV 44b, RSC IV 169, SRCV III 8952, VF, weight 4.823 g, maximum diameter 23.2 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 245 - 247 A.D.; obverse IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated left on shield, Victory in right, long scepter vertical behind in left; sharp obverse; $80.00 (€61.60) |
|  | Felicitas was the goddess or personification of good luck and success. She played an important role in Rome's state religion during the empire, and was frequently portrayed on coins. She became a prominent symbol of the wealth and prosperity of the Roman Empire. |
| RS60160. Silver antoninianus, SRCV III 8946, RIC IV 4, RSC IV 136, VF, weight 3.884 g, maximum diameter 22.5 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 247 A.D.; obverse IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse P M TR P IIII COS II P P, Felicitas standing half left, long caduceus inf right, cornucopia in left; well centered on a large flan, nice portrait, some mint luster in fields; $80.00 (€61.60) |
|  | Felicitas was the goddess or personification of good luck and success. She played an important role in Rome's state religion during the empire, and was frequently portrayed on coins. She became a prominent symbol of the wealth and prosperity of the Roman Empire. |
| RS41838. Silver antoninianus, SRCV III 8928, RIC IV 31, RSC IV 43, Choice aEF, weight 3.052 g, maximum diameter 22.6 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 245 A.D.; obverse IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse FELICITAS TEMP (happy times), Felicitas standing left, long caduceus in right, cornucopia in left; full circles centering; $75.00 (€57.75) |
|  | In Roman mythology, Aequitas was the minor goddess of fair trade and honest merchants. Aequitas was also a personification of the virtues equity and fairness of the emperor (Aequitas Augusti). She is depicted with a cornucopia and a balance suggesting Aequitas Augusti is a source of prosperity. |
| RS41864. Silver antoninianus, SRCV III 8918, RIC IV 27b, RSC IV 9, Choice gVF, weight 3.769 g, maximum diameter 22.7 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, 245 - 247 A.D.; obverse IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right; reverse AEQVITAS AVGG, Aequitas standing half left, scales in right, cornucopia in left; full circles strike; $70.00 (€53.90) |
|  | In 244 A.D. Philip negotiated peace with the Persian invaders in order to deal with the troubles on the Rhine and Danube border. |
| RS57656. Silver antoninianus, SRCV III 8974, RIC IV 52, RSC IV 239, VF, toned, weight 4.128 g, maximum diameter 23.2 mm, die axis 75o, Rome mint, 244 - 245 A.D.; obverse IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse VIRTVS AVG, Virtus standing left, helmeted, in military garb, branch in right, inverted spear behind in left, right foot on helmet; full circles strike; $70.00 (€53.90) |
|  | Felicitas was the goddess or personification of good luck and success. She played an important role in Rome's state religion during the empire, and was frequently portrayed on coins. She became a prominent symbol of the wealth and prosperity of the Roman Empire. |
| RS57666. Silver antoninianus, SRCV III 8946, RIC IV 4, RSC IV 136, VF, weight 3.357 g, maximum diameter 22.3 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 247 A.D.; obverse IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse P M TR P IIII COS II P P, Felicitas standing half left, long caduceus inf right, cornucopia in left; $70.00 (€53.90) |
|  | The empire is history but Rome is still today, the Eternal City.
During the Early Middle Ages, the population fell to a mere 20,000, reducing the sprawling city to groups of inhabited buildings interspersed among large areas of ruins and vegetation. |
| RS57668. Silver antoninianus, SRCV III 8952, RIC IV 44b, RSC IV 169, VF, weight 4.401 g, maximum diameter 22.5 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 245 - 247 A.D.; obverse IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated left, shield at side against seat, Victory in right, long scepter vertical behind in left; $70.00 (€53.90) |
|  | In 248, Trajan Decius put down the revolts of Pacatianus in Moesia and Iotapianus in Syria. In 249, after his legionaries proclaimed him emperor, Trajan Decius marched to Verona, where his forces defeated and killed Philip the Arab. |
| RS41769. Silver antoninianus, SRCV III 8949, RIC IV 7, RSC IV 145, VF, weight 4.381 g, maximum diameter 22.7 mm, die axis 225o, Rome mint, 248 A.D.; obverse IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse P M TR P V COS III P P, Marti Pacifero standing left, wearing helmet and military garb, branch in right, supporting grounded spear and shield with left, officina mark A left; $65.00 (€50.05) |
|  | The empire is history but Rome is still today, the Eternal City.
During the Early Middle Ages, the population fell to a mere 20,000, reducing the sprawling city to groups of inhabited buildings interspersed among large areas of ruins and vegetation. |
| RS41772. Silver antoninianus, SRCV III 8952, RIC IV 44b, RSC IV 169, Choice gVF, weight 3.774 g, maximum diameter 23.6 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 245 - 247 A.D.; obverse IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right; reverse ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated left on shield, Victory in right, long scepter vertical in left; full circles centering; $65.00 (€50.05) |
|  | Felicitas was the goddess or personification of good luck and success. She played an important role in Rome's state religion during the empire, and was frequently portrayed on coins. She became a prominent symbol of the wealth and prosperity of the Roman Empire. |
| RS41812. Silver antoninianus, SRCV III 8948, RIC IV 5, RSC IV 137, EF, mint luster, weight 3.683 g, maximum diameter 23.6 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, 247 A.D.; obverse IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right; reverse P M TR P IIII COS II P P, Felicitas standing left, long caduceus in right, cornucopia in left; $65.00 (€50.05) |
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