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RIC IV Philip I 161

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RIC IV Philip I 161, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 248–248 AD. Obverse: bust of philip the arab, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: antelope, walking left. Weight about 17.3 g, diameter 29.7 mm.
obverse RIC IV Philip I 161
reverse RIC IV Philip I 161
mint Rome weight 17.32g (8)
ruler Philip the Arab diameter ⌀29.7 (5)
denomination Sestertius axis 6↕ (5)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Philip the Arab, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right

IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG
reverse

Antelope, walking left

SAECVLARES AVGG S C COS II
specimens (7)
British Museum 16.29g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 18.19g ⌀27.0
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 12.24g ⌀30.0
Fitzwilliam Museum (OCRE) 17.79g
British Museum 17.13g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)

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RIC IV Philip I 161 (ric.4.ph_i.161), 248–248 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-philip-i-161/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA