Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG - Online Auction 187 | Silver, Lot 330
Philip I Arab AD 244-249. Ludi Saeculares (Secular Games)/1000th Anniversary of Rome issue. Rome
Antoninianus AR
22 mm, 3,02 g
IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / SAECVLARES AVGG, Lupa Romana (she-wolf) standing left, head lowered right, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; II in exergue.
Good Very Fine
RIC 15.
The Secular Games, originally known as Ludi Tarentini, were a Roman religious celebration lasting three days and nights to mark the end of a saeculum (ei...