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A provincial coin of the emperor Philip II from Tomis with a Hygeia reverse Coin Type: Bronze AE27 of Philip II, Caesar 244-247 CE, Augustus 247-249 CE, from Tomis in Moesia Inferior.
Mint and Date: Tomis, 244-247 CE.
Size and Weight: 27mm, 12.5g
Obverse: MAP IOYΛIOC ΦIΛIΠΠOC and in ex: KAICAP
Confronted busts of Philip, bare-headed and draped, right and Serapis, draped and wearing kalathos, left.
Reverse: MHTPO ΠONTOV TOMEΩC
Hygeia standing facing, head right, feeding serpent held in arms from a patera held in left hand.
Provenance: WCNC (Vcoins), January 2005
Ref: Varbanov I (English) —; Moushmov 2337
BW Ref: 001 029 040
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