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ID:     155868
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Roman Provincial
Region:     PROVINCIA DACIA
City:     Dacia
Issuer:     Philip I
Date Ruled:     AD 244-249
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     AE 29 sestertius
Date Struck:     AD 244-249
Diameter:     29 mm
Weight:     16.47 g
Die Axis:     1 h
Obverse Legend:     IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG
Obverse Description:     Laureate and draped bust right
Reverse Legend:     PROVINCIA DACIA AN II
Reverse Description:     Dacia standing left, holding sword (logobolon?) and standards of the legions V (with eagle) and XIII (with lion)
Primary Reference:     AMNG I 9
Reference2:     Varbanov 6 var. (obv. legend)
Reference3:     Mionnet Supp. II 5
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=62305
Grade:     Good VF, jade green patina
Notes:     Rare variety. The personification of the province of Dacia holds either a sword, patera or grain ears, according to AMNG. The object on this coin resembles none of those, but rather the curved throwing stick used in hunting small game, the logobolon, but no identification can be certain. This local era for Dacia begins in 246 AD, the year Philip expelled barbarian invaders from the province.