★ Rare youthful portrait ★
Cilicia. Tarsos. Philip I Arab AD 244-249. Or Philip II (AD 247-249)
Bronze Æ
34mm., 21,59g.
AVT KAI IOVΛ ΦIΛIΠΠON ЄVT ЄVC CЄΒ, Π-Π across field, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / TA-[PCOV] MHTP-OΠOΛЄΩC, A M K Γ B in fields, Selene, with crescent on head and billowing veil, driving biga of bulls right.
very fine
SNG BN 1729 (Philip I, legends); BMC Lycaonia etc., p.222, 300 (Philip II, legends); SNG Levante -. From the Tareq Hani collection
This is the only type attributed to Philip II by the British Museum.