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A provincial bronze coin of the emperor Philip I from Mesembria with an Asklepios reverse Coin Type: Bronze AE27 of Philip I from Mesembria in Thrace, 244-249 CE
Mint and Date: Mesembria, 244-249 CE.
Size and Weight: 25mm x 27mm, 12.2g
Obverse: AVT M IOVΛ ΦIΛIΠΠOC M W
Facing busts of Philip I and Otacilia Severa.
Exergue: T CEBHPA / CEB
Reverse: MECAM-BPIANΩN
Aesklepios standing facing, head left, holding a serpent-entwined staff.
Provenance: susan9176 (eBay), March 2004
Ref: Varbanov II (English) 4223; Moushmov 4013
BW Ref: 003 028 014
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