RIC IV Philip I 48A (aureus)

Typological Description

• Date Range

  • From Date: AD 244
  • To Date: AD 247
• Object Type: Coin
• Manufacture: Struck
• Denomination: Aureus
• Material: Gold

• Authority

  • Authority: Philip the Arab

• Geographic

  • Mint: Rome
  • Region: Italy

• Obverse

  • Legend: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG
  • Type: Bust of Philip the Arab, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right
  • Portrait: Philip the Arab

• Reverse

  • Legend: SECVRIT ORBIS
  • Type: Securitas, draped, seated, left, holding sceptre in right hand and propping head up on left hand
  • Deity: Securitas