As - Philippus I P M TR P V COS III P P S C

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Philip I (Marcus Iulius Philippus) (244-249)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	248-249
Value	As (1⁄32)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	11.3 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 282263
References	RIC IV.3# 154B Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland; 1949. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 4.3. Gordian III – Uranius Antoninus (AD 238–253). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.4.ph_i.154B Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Philip the Arab, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP PHILIPPVS AVG

Translation:
Imperator Philippus Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator) Philip, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Philip the Arab, seated left, on curule chair, holding globe in right hand and short sceptre in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: P M TR P V COS III P P S C

Translation:
Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Quinta, Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum.
High priest, holder of tribunician power for the fifth time, consul for the third time, father of the nation. Decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Mass varies: 10.11–12.58 g;

Example of this type:
Trustees of the British Museum

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (248-249)

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