Macedon. Thessalonica. Philip I Arab AD 244-249.
Bronze Æ
25mm., 12,27g.
AVK • M • IOVΛIOC • ΦIΛIΠΠOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΘΕCCΑΛΟΝΙΚЄΩΝ B (in field) NEΩΚ, Apollo and kabir standing, the kabir with hammer on left shoulder, and in right hand holding rhyton (?), Apollo naked, extending right hand towards the kabir, holding in left hand laurel branch, below, between them urn with palm and burning altar, in exergue ΠVΘΙA
very fine
Cf. Moushmov 6837.