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RIC IV Philip I 172A

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RIC IV Philip I 172A, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 244–249 AD. Obverse: bust of philip the arab, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: fides, draped, standing left, holding two standards. Weight about 20.1 g, diameter 31.1 mm.
obverse RIC IV Philip I 172A
reverse RIC IV Philip I 172A
mint Rome weight 20.10g (9)
ruler Philip the Arab diameter ⌀31.1 (4)
denomination Sestertius axis 10↕ (9)
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

Fides, draped, standing left, holding two standards

FIDES MILITVM S C
specimens (12)
KENOM 18.59g 12↕
KENOM 16.21g ⌀28.3 1↕
British Museum 17.35g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)
British Museum 26.78g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)
British Museum 20.79g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)
Getty Museum
Getty Museum
British Museum 20.12g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)

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RIC IV Philip I 172A (ric.4.ph_i.172A), 244–249 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-philip-i-172a/ (accessed: 2026-09-12). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA