Philip II as Augustus, AE27, Dacia, Year 3 = AD 248-249. 15.15g, 27.1 mm. Classed as a sestertius.


IMP PHILIPPVS AVG dot, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust 
right, seen from the back.
PROV-NIC-IA D-ACIA (sic), Dacia in long robe and 
Phrygian cap standing facing, looking left, holding a
 curved sword and a vexillum marked XIII, another 
vexillum marked V to left, an eagle and a lion at her 
sides left and right. 

AMNG 34; Martin 2.88.5; Varbanov 35.
Rare.

Contributed by Chris Scarlioli, April 2016.