Perge in Pamphylia, 247-249 AD., Philip II., Æ24, cf. BMC 60.

Perge in Pamphylia, Philip II., as Augustus, 247-249 AD.,
Æ 24 (23-24 mm / 7,59 g),
Obv.: AV K M IOV CЄOV ΦIΛIΠΠOC ЄV , laureate, draped bust of Philip II right, seen from behind, set on globe.
Rev.: ΠEPΓAIΩN, three purses on a "arca ferrata" (a treasure chest, money chest).
cf. BMC 60 ; cf. SNG von Aulock 4708 .

The money chest, Latin “arca ferrata”, has a fiscal background: the provincial Treasury had been situated in Perge. (cf. Nollé, Die kaiserliche Kasse in Perge, Chiron 17, 1987, S. 251-253)