Coele. Heliopolis. Philip I Arab AD 244-249.
Bronze Æ
28mm., 12,86g.
[IMP CAE]S M IVL PHILIPPVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / [C]OL [FEL] IO [M H], Propylaeum (entrance) of the temple of Zeus-Heliopolites, a flight of steps with a pedestal at each end leads to a portico of twelve columns with a tower at each end, pediment over arched entrance containing a cypress tree.
nearly very fine
BMC 16-17 var. (reverse legend); Price & Trell 705 (fig. 284).