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RIC IV Philip I 256A

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RIC IV Philip I 256A, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 244–246 AD. Obverse: bust of philip ii, bare-headed, draped, right. Reverse: philip ii, standing left, holding globe in right hand and vertical spear in left hand. Weight about 18.7 g, diameter 30.5 mm.
obverse RIC IV Philip I 256A
obverse: Bust of Philip II, bare-headed, draped, right
reverse RIC IV Philip I 256A
reverse: Philip II, standing left, holding globe in right hand and vertical spear in left hand
mint Rome weight 18.72g (25)
ruler Philip the Arab diameter ⌀30.5 (18)
denomination Sestertius axis 11↕ (24)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Philip II, bare-headed, draped, right

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reverse

Philip II, standing left, holding globe in right hand and vertical spear in left hand

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specimens (19)
KENOM 16.44g 12↕
KENOM 19.31g 12↕
KENOM 19.32g 12↕
American Numismatic Society 17.33g ⌀31.1 12↕
American Numismatic Society 18.39g ⌀30.6 12↕
American Numismatic Society 17.58g ⌀28.2 12↕
American Numismatic Society 20.75g ⌀31.6 12↕
American Numismatic Society 20.65g ⌀30.0 11↕
American Numismatic Society 18.33g ⌀29.5 12↕
American Numismatic Society 24.29g ⌀31.0 11↕
American Numismatic Society 15.35g ⌀29.9 1↕
British Museum 17.54g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)
Getty Museum
Fitzwilliam Museum (OCRE) 15.22g
British Museum 24.12g 12↕
British Museum (RIC IV)
British Museum 20.10g 1↕
British Museum (RIC IV)

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RIC IV Philip I 256A (ric.4.ph_i.256A), 244–246 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-philip-i-256a/ (accessed: 2026-10-30). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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