Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 800. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARABIA, Philippopolis. Divus Julius Marinus, father of Philip I. Æ 22mm (8.39 gm, 12h). QEW MARINW, bare-headed bust right, drapery on far shoulder; supported by eagle standing right, beating its wings / FILIPPOPOLIT WN KOLWNIAC, S C across fields, Roma standing left, holding patera in right hand, spear in left; shield at feet to right. SNG ANS 1402; BMC Arabia pg. 42, 2; Spijkerman 2. Near VF, red and brown patina. Very rare. ($1500)

Philip I deified his father and built a temple in his honor at Philippopolis, the city founded by and named after the emperor.