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Philip I Virtus Coin Type: Silver antoninianus of Philip I, 244-249 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 244-245 CE.
Size and Weight: 21mm x 23mm, 4.1g
Obverse: Radiate, draped bust right.
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG
Reverse: Virtus standing left, right foot on globe, downward pointing spear in left hand, raising branch in right hand.
VIRTVS AVG
Provenance: Lodge Antiquities (eBay), January 2003
Ref: RCV (2005) 8974; RIC IV, 52
BW Ref: 009 028 028
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