Description: Macedonia, Philippi, Domitian (81 - 98 AD). Struck 87 AD. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GER COS XIII; laureate bust left / COL AVG IVL PHILIPP; statues of Augustus and Divus Julius.

Diameter: AE23 mm

Weight: 11,02 g

Grade: gF/gF

Attribution: RPC 345; BMC 27v.

Commentary: very rare; dark patina, good details

History: Philippi had one of the earliest Christian communities in Europe and it was here that St. Paul, in 50 AD, converted Lydia with her household to Christianity - the first European Christians.

Article Number: 009-10-05-41652