Moesia, Tomis Æ27. Philip II, as Caesar, circa AD 244-247. M AP IO[VΛI]OC ΦIΛIΠΠOC KAICAP, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II right, facing draped bust of Serapis left, wearing kalathos / MHTPOΠ ΠONTOY TOMEΩC, Demeter standing facing, head to left, holding corn ears and long torch. SNG Stancomb 903 (this coin); AMNG 3592; Varbanov 5792. 14.50g, 7h, 28mm.
Good Very Fine. Rare.
From the William Stancomb Collection; this coin published in Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume XI, The William Stancomb Collection of Coins of the Black Sea Region (Oxford, 2000);
Acquired from Spink & Son Ltd., 1987.