Province Syria Phoenice
City Damascus 
Region Syria
Reign Philip I
Obverse inscription IMP C M IVL PHILIPPVS PIO FEL AVG (sic)
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Philip I, left, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL ΔAMA METRO
Reverse design in upper register, Fortuna seated left, on rock, holding fillet or diadem and cornucopia; in upper left field, ram leaping left, head right; before, Marsyas standing right, holding wineskin and raising hand; in lower register, four Tychai: the outer pair with hands raised towards Fortuna of Damascus; left of centre figure holding up uncertain object; right of centre figure sacrificing over altar

 

Reference CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 215 = Dix, Noonan Webb, 29 Sept. 2008, lot 5722
Diameter 30
Weight 15.93
Axis 1
Note
External URI https://www.coinarchives.com/a/openlink.php?l=311106|557|215|44ee80ac19635fe4c3480a97feeb72dc