146, Lot: 112. Estimate $200. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Bizya. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ 33mm (19.28 g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / BIZU-HNWN, Athena standing facing, head left, holding spear entiwned with a serpent and olive branch, left elbow resting on large shield set on a capital (?). Youroukova -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; Varbanov -. VF, brown surfaces, light porous. Apparently unpublished.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.

This coin features a rather you looking portrait with the obverse legend ending CEB. Youroukova records this obverse legend for Philip I with a laureate bust but not a radiate. All the coins recorded for Philip II end with KAIC or KAICAP.