PHILIP I AE17____Deultum Thrace____FOREPART OF BULL____Roman Provincial____RARE

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FRASCATIUS ANCIENTS
A BEAUTIFUL ROMAN PROVINCIAL BRONZE COIN OF PHILIP I MINTED IN DEULTUM THRACE FROM 244 - 249 AD .
RARE TYPE
Deultum was originally settled by Roman military veterans from the Augustus’ Eight Legion (Legio VIII Augusta)
THE SIZE IS 16.7 MM AND 2.84 GRAMS.
Varbanov 3047
OBVERSE – IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
REVERSE – C F P D around forepart of bull right
PHILIP I
Philip the Arab, the son of a Roman citizen, Julius Marinus, was born in the Roman province of Arabia, probably during the reign of Septimius Severus. Philip's brother Julius Priscus, was appointed praetorian prefect by Gordian III. When the other praetorian prefect died in 243, Philip was appointed to replace him.
Some claim that Philip arranged a mutiny that led to the assassination of Gordian III in 244, after which Philip was appointed emperor. Philip appointed his son Marcus Julius Severus Philippus his heir and Caesar, making him co-ruler and Augustus in 247. Philip sent a new commander named Decius to handle discipline among the Roman troops along the Danube, which was the homeland of Decius. The troops named Decius emperor and revolted against Philip in 249. The troops under Decius and those under Philip met in Verona and Philip died, either in battle or by assassination.
DEULTUM THRACE
The ancient Roman city of Deultum (Colonia Flavia Pacis Deultensium) was built in the 1st century AD near a previously existing Ancient Thracian settlement called Debelt or Develt. It was settled by Roman military veterans from the Augustus’ Eight Legion (Legio VIII Augusta) near the Mandra Lake (today the Mandra Water Reservoir) where it also had a port connecting it to the Black Sea.
Those legionaries became famous during the putting down of the great rebellion in Judas and during the civil war demonstrating of the new emperor’s authority. Under Roman law, the veterans were given a large territory between the lakes Burgas and Mandra. The Thracian origin of the name Deultum means "a place between two marshes," which refers to the terrain features of this area in the past and even today.
The biggest prosperity of Deultum began during the Severan dynasty (at the end of the 2nd - beginning of the 3rd century). Back then the city covered a territory of more than 250 000 sq.m, it had a well developed infrastructure, which was set according to the cardinal directions. Temples of Asclepius and Cybele were erected in its central part of the city. Furthermore local gods like the Thracian Horseman and Heracles were praised.
During the time of Emperor Septimius Severus, a temple of the emperor’s cult was also built here. For fifty years the city coinage emissions of bronze coins. The images on both sides of the coins give us important information on how the city looked like, its building, religious life and economy.
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