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RIC IV Philip I 187A

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RIC IV Philip I 187A, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 244–249 AD. Obverse: bust of philip the arab, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: salus, draped, standing left, feeding snake coiled around altar out of right hand and holding vertical sceptre in left hand. Weight about 18.0 g, diameter 31.2 mm.
obverse RIC IV Philip I 187A
obverse: Bust of Philip the Arab, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right
reverse RIC IV Philip I 187A
reverse: Salus, draped, standing left, feeding snake coiled around altar out of right hand and holding vertical sceptre in left hand
mint Rome weight 17.95g (9)
ruler Philip the Arab diameter ⌀31.2 (2)
denomination Sestertius axis 9↕ (8)
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

Salus, draped, standing left, feeding snake coiled around altar out of right hand and holding vertical sceptre in left hand

SALVS AVG S C
specimens (11)
KENOM 20.71g 12↕
KENOM 22.66g 12↕
British Museum 15.61g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)
British Museum 18.07g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)
Fitzwilliam Museum (OCRE) 14.34g
British Museum 19.08g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)
British Museum 16.27g 1↕
British Museum (RIC IV)

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RIC IV Philip I 187A (ric.4.ph_i.187A), 244–249 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-philip-i-187a/ (accessed: 2026-10-25). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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