Philip I “the Arab”

The Secular Games

248 CE

  • Sestertius

  • Rome

  • Obverse: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right, seen from behind

    Reverse: SAECVLARES AVGG, SC in ex, lion walking right

  • 27mm, 15.51g

  • RIC 158, Cohen 176

  • v.Zu.185.21423

Note

I bought this coin in memory of losing my cat Arlen. I'd always wanted a Secular Games coin but losing one of my beloved cats made me want a coin with a lion.

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