Obverse: IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I facing right.

Reverse: SAECVLVM NOVVM, Hexastyle temple with statue of Roma within.

RIC: 25b. RSC: 198. [Rome, AD 248].

Diameter: 24 mm. Weight: 4.7 g.

This coin is part of the remarkable series struck for Philip I and his family, to commemorate Rome's thousandth birthday. Part of the celebrations were the Saecular Games held in the Colosseum. According to ancient accounts the festivities were spectacular, with over a thousand gladiators participating, and hundreds of wild beasts slain. A sharply struck example of this iconic ancient coin.