Apameia (AD 244-249) AE 39 - Philip I

Philip I, 244-249 AD. AE39 - Medallion (24.82g, 6h). M. Aur(elius) Alexander II, archon. AVT • K • M • IOVΛ • ΦIΛIΠΠOC AVΓ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠI • M • AVP • AΛ ЄΞANΔPOV • B, BЄΛ • APXI • AΠA/MЄΩN • in two lines in exergue, lion advancing right on ground line; filleted thyrsus to right; above, cista mystica with conical lid. Good VF, attractive green and brown patina. Ex Burstein Coll.; Steinberg Coll. (NAC/Spink Taisei, 11/1994), lot 888; Boham-Vecchi 1 (5/1980), lot 492.