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Sold! 113/112 BC L. Marcius Philippus
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L Marcius Philippus
ROMA monogram
Head of King Philip V of Macedon right, wearing helmet decorated with goat's horns, Φ below chin
L PHILIPPVS
Equestrian statue right on tablet with inscription. Horseman carrying laurel-branch flower at horses feet. (XVI monogram) below tablet.
Rome 113/112 BC
3.96g
Crawford 293/1. Sydenham 551. Marcia 12.
Ex Calgary-Coin
This is the first Roman coin to depict an historical person instead of a personification or deity. The moneyer’s ancestor L. Marcius Q.f. Philippus negotiated a treaty between Rome and Philip V of Macedon.
Sold to C.P. April 2022
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