Philip II, AE28 of Metropolis, Ionia. AD 244-247. 10.64 g. Magistrate Alexandros.

M IOY FILIPPOC KAICAR, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right.
EPI ALEXANDROY EKA MHTROPOLEITWN (PI and OY ligate) around and in fields, Tyche standing left by altar, holding statuette of Ares with spear and shield, and cornucopiae.

SNG Leypold 688; Paris 456 and 1666; Berlin 18272969; ANS 1944.100.46510; Vienna GR 34896; Winterthur 3066.

With permission of Numismatik Naumann Auction 58, Lot 264, Oct. 2017.

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