Philip I Ӕ28 of Provincia Dacia. Dated CY 3 = AD 248-249. IMP M IVL PHILLIPVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / PROVINCIA DACIA, Dacia standing left between eagle and lion, holding curved sword and standard inscribed XIII; standard inscribed V in left field, AN III in exergue. Varbanov 11. 16.52g, 28mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Coins were struck in Dacia from Philip I until Gallienus in order to satisfy the need of Legions V and XIII, which were stationed in the province and are referenced on the standards shown on this reverse type, as well as by their symbolic animals either side of Dacia.