Help with this worn ancient

PrivateCoinCollector

Can someone tell me what this is?





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WillieBoyd2

Roman Philip I "Philip the Arab" AD 244-249

Philip I AR Antoninianus, RIC 35b, RSC 72 (RIC=Roman Imperial Coins, a catalog)

IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate draped & cuirassed bust right
LAET FVNDATA, Laetitia standing left holding wreath & rudder.

Wildwinds online ancient coin database:



http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/philip_I/t.html
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s8934.html

PrivateCoinCollector

Thanks, I don't see what it is made of. Is it Silver?

WillieBoyd2

"AR" = Silver

By this time the Romans were making small coins out of low-grade silver alloy with a silver covering.