PHILIP I. Tetradrachm Choice XF Ancient Roman Empire Coin Eagle SC. Antioch mint

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Ancient Roman  Coin PHILIP I
~ Tetradrachm
P H I L I P   I
245-249 AD
Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria mint, Struck 249 AD.
Billon Tetradrachm. 26mm, 10.69g. (Larger than a U.S. Quarter which is 24mm and only 5.7gm).
Obverse: AYTOK K M IOYΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right seen from behind.
Reverse: ΔHMAPX EΞOVCIAC VΠATO Δ, ANTIOXIA SC, eagle standing right , holding wreath in beak,
with
wings spread.
Ref. Prieur 445.
Choice XF, well-centered, attractive light golden toning, even nicer in hand.
Early Christian writers maintain that Philip was the first Christian emperor (& Otacilia the 1st Christian Empress), an assertion which is indeed supported by some of his actions & made more likely as he came from an area where large numbers of Christians were found-born in small Arabian town called Shahba (El-Leja in southwest Syria), 45 miles southeast of Damascus in Trachonitis.
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