Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1231. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Trachonitis, Philippopolis. Divus Julius Marinus, father of Philip I. Æ 25mm (9.43 gm, 7h). Bare-headed and draped bust right, set on eagle standing right / FILOPPOP[OLITWN] KOLWNIAC, S C across fields, Roma standing left, holding patera and spear; shield at feet. Spijkerman 2; SNG ANS 1402. Near VF, thick green and brown patina. Very rare. ($1500)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.

Deifying him, Philip I built a temple to his father at Philippopolis, the imperial hometown renamed in the emperor’s honor.