EGYPT, Alexandria. Philip I. AD 244-249. BI Tetradrachm (23mm, 13.01 g, 12h). Dated RY 6 (AD 248/9). A K M IOV ΦIΛIΠΠOЄ C, laureate and cuirassed bust right / Radiate and draped bust of Helios right; L ς (date) across field. Köln 2749 var. (obv. legend); Dattari (Savio) 4877 (same dies); K&G 74.98 var. (obv. legend). VF, dark olive green patina, light earthen deposits. Rare and interesting transposition of the final two letters of the obverse legend.
