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A provincial coin of the emperor Philip I from Perga with a reverse showing a cult statue of Artemis Coin Type: Bronze AE16 of Philip I from Perga in Pamphylia.
Mint and Date: Perga, 244-249 CE.
Size and Weight: 26mm x 27mm, 8.66g
Obverse: AV K M IOVΛ ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB (partly worn off)
Laureate bust right.
Reverse: ΠEPΓAIAC APTEMIΔOC
Cult statue of Artemis with crescent and star above within distyle temple with an eagle in the pediment.
Exergue: ACVΛOV
Provenance: coin.medal.collection (eBay), March 2010
Ref: SNG von Aulock 4701; SNG France 3, 502; Deutschland 4, 382.
BW Ref: 028 049 158
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