Philip I. Antoninianus

Philip I; 244-249 AD, Rome, Secular Games issue, ca. 248-9 AD, Antoninianus, 4.66g. Cohen-198, RIC-25b. Obv: IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust r. Rx: SAECVLVM NOVVM, Roma seated facing within hexastyle temple, holding palladium and scepter. Elkins identifies this rx. as "the first architectural type of the 'soldier emperors'" (p. 121).. Toned MS