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Sestertius of Philip I (the Arab)
Obverse: Bust of Philip the Arab, laureate, draped, right; solid border. Reverse: Goddess Annona standing left, holding ears of wheat in the left hand and a cornucopia in the right; modius (grain measure) to the left.
Annona is the personification of the Roman grain supply, particularly the state-funded allocations made to the city’s poor citizens. The modius measure at her feet alludes to this distribution. Philip, one of the "soldier emperors" of the turbulant third century CE, is commonly known as Philip the Arab because he was born in the Roman province of Arabia.
Inscription
Provenance
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Harold Landon, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1943, by gift.
Geographies
Italy, Rome (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Max diam: 1 3/16 in. (2.95 cm); axis: 12:00
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Harold Landon, 1943
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
59.633