Obverse: AYTOK K M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB. Radiate and cuirassed bust of Philip II left. Reverse: IOY CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI MHT. Tyche of Antioch seated facing; above her head, ram (Aries) leaping right, head left; all within tetrastyle shrine; below, half-length river-god Euphrates swimming right.
Interesting coin struck in the large eastern fortress of Nisibis, the main stronghold of the Roman Empire in the Mesopotamian frontier.
VF+/EF- condition, conserving complete details in both sides, bold reliefs and nice green patina.
SNG Copenhagen 240 corr. Nisibis mint, AD 247-249. 10,8 g - 25 mm