Macedonia, Philippi AE (Victory/standards, RPC I 1651)

MACEDONIA, PHILIPPI
Time of Claudius or Nero
AE (18.65mm, 4.38g, 6h)
Struck AD 41-68
Obverse: VIC AVG, Victory with wreath and palm, facing left on base
Reverse: COHOR PRAE PHIL, three military standards
References: RPC Online, Vol. I, No. 1651

Dark patina with some rough surfaces. Well-centered and sharply struck. The obverse commemorates Octavian and Antony's victory over Brutus and Cassius at the Battle of Philippi in 42 BC, while the reverse refers to the settlement of retired Praetorian veterans in the provincial colony of Philippi.

Collection : Roman Provincial