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Pamphylia, Perge, Philip II, SNG France 516
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Philip II as Augustus, AD 247-249
AE 23, 5.39g, 23.31mm, 0°
obv. A[V KM I]OV CEOV FILIPPOC CE
Bust, draped, laureate, r.
rev. PERGAI - I - [W]N
Hephaistos in working cloak and cap std. r. on rocks, holding with l. hand shield on knee and in r. hand
hammer
ref. SNG France 516-17
S+, slightly rough
It is seductive to think that Hephaistos is working on the shield of Achilles!
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