Description: Philip I (244 - 249 AD). AE Sestertius, Rome mint. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG; laureate, cuirassed and draped bust right / LAET FVNDATA; Laetitia standing left, foot on prow, holding patera and rudder on globe, S-C.

Diameter: AE28 mm

Weight: 16,78 g

Grade: VF/aVF

Attribution: RIC 176a

Commentary: pleasing brown patina, good portrait with light double strike (chin)

History: Early Christian sources (e.g. Eusebius) considered Philip the first Christian emperor, maybe putting his tolerant policy in contrast to his successor who started the first empire-wide persecution.

Article Number: 060-01-01-42384