245 AD. Rome mint. Obv: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG legend with radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. Rev: LIBERALITAS AVGG II legend with Liberalitas standing left, holding abacus and cornucopia. RIC 38b; RSC 87; Sear 8937.3.84 grams. ("). From the private collection of a retired Suffolk gentleman. The son of an Arab chieftain named Marinus, he is known as 'Philip the Arab'. He became praetorian prefect to Gordian III, whom he eventually had killed. At the height of his reign, games and spectacles were held in Rome in celebration of the city's millennium. Philip and his son were both killed in battle, and Trajan Decius took the imperial throne in 249 AD. [No Reserve]