Philippus II (246 - 249 AD) bronze sestertius. LIBERALITAS AVGG III. Rome mint. Obverse: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG (Imperator Marcus Iulius Philippus Augustus.) laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right. Reverse: LIBERALITAS AVGG III S C (Liberatlitas Duorum Augustorum Tertia. Senatus Consultum.) Philip the Arab and Philip II, seated left, on curule chairs, extending right hands; Philip the Arab, nearer spectator, holds short sceptre in left hand. RIC IV 267a. Weight: 16.80 grams. 30 x 27 mm. VF
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