brm_262940 - PHILIPPUS Sesterce
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Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 245.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 245.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 248
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 18,35 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait de Philippe. Revers inhabituel pour le sesterce. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Philippe Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Marcus Iulius Philippus Augustus”, (L’empereur Marc Jules Philippe auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SAECVLARES AVGG/ -|-// SC.
Reverse description : Lion passant à droite.
Reverse translation : “Sæculares Augustorum”, (Les Jeux séculaires des augustes).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum. C’est la seconde fois que nous proposons ce type à la vente, après le n°662 de MONNAIES 49 (même état, 265 euros avec 4 offres).
Type 3 ribbons. Invisible pteryges under the paludamentum. This is the second time we have offered this type for sale, after number 662 of COINS 49 (same condition, 265 euros with 4 bids)
Type 3 ribbons. Invisible pteryges under the paludamentum. This is the second time we have offered this type for sale, after number 662 of COINS 49 (same condition, 265 euros with 4 bids)
Historical background
PHILIPPUS
(03/244-09/249)
Philippe was born in Bostra in Trachonitis, a province of Arabia, hence the nickname of the Emperor. He was appointed Prefect of the Praetorium after the disappearance of Timésithée, father-in-law of Gordian III, in 243. Philip had Gordian assassinated or allowed to be assassinated at the beginning of 244, then hastened to conclude an infamous peace with the Sassanids. He pays them a tribute of 500,000 denarii. He named his son Philip Caesar in 244 and his wife Otacilia Sévéra augusta. In 247, Philip raises his son to august. He led a brilliant campaign against the Quades and the Carpes who had invaded Dacia. The great event of the reign of Philip is the commemoration of the millennium of Rome which begins on April 21, 247. Several usurpers, including Jotapien and Pacatian, proclaim themselves august at the end of the reign. Philippe instructs Decius, commander of the legions of Pannonia, to restore order on the Danube. The troops, against his will, proclaim Decius august in June or July 249. Philip dies fighting the troops of Decius in September 249.
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