- Choice Almost Uncirculated Roman Empire silver double denarius or antoninianus coin.
- Struck for Emperor Philip I at the Rome Mint.
- Issued 247 CE, Sear-8954, RIC 45, 4.42g, approx. 22mm.
- Superb portrait of Philip.
- Original lustrous surfaces.
- Certified by NGC to Ch AU Strike 5/5 Surface 5/5 (very rare max subgrades).
- Obverse: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust facing right.
- Reverse: ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated left, holding Victory and scepter, shield at side and altar at feet.
- Roma was a female deity who personified the city of Rome and more broadly, the Roman state. An appropriate type given that Philip presided over the 1000th anniversary celebrations of Rome.
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