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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     80000732      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Roman Imperial Issuer:     Philip I Date Ruled:     AD 244-249 Metal:     Silver Denomination:     Antoninianus Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     AD Special emission in Weight:     4.39 g Die Axis:     12 h Obverse Legend:     IMP PHILIPPVS AVG Obverse Description:     Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right Reverse Legend:     VICTORIA CARPICA Reverse Description:     Victory advancing right, holding wreath in right hand, cradling palm frond in left arm Mint:     Rome Primary Reference:     RIC 066 Reference2:     RSC 238 Reference3:     cf. Hunter P. lxxxix Reference4:     H. Mattingly, Roman Coins from the Earliest Times to the Fall of the Western Empire (London, 1960), pl. XLIV, 6 (this coin) Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=132955 Grade:     VF, toned, minor porosity Notes:     Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 732 Rare. From the White Mountain Collection.This coin was struck to celebrate Philip’s victory in AD 247 over the Carpi, a Dacian tribe. The Carpi, for whom the Carpathian Mountains were likely named, and the Goths formed an alliance and repeatedly attacked Roman provinces from the north. Philip I and his armies so utterly destoyed the Carpi that by the 5th century there is no longer any historical mention of them.

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