Philip I Ӕ As. Rome, AD 244. [IMP] M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [SA]LVS AVG, Salus standing to left, feeding from patera a snake rising from altar and holding sceptre; S-C across fields. RIC 187 var. (sestertius). 8.40g, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very Rare; this type is only recorded as a sestertius and dupondius in RIC.
From the collection of Z.P., Austria.