v16_0619 - PHILIPPUS Tétradrachme syro-phénicien
MONNAIES 16 (2002)
Starting price : 80.00 €
Estimate : 160.00 €
Realised price : 104.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 153.00 €
Starting price : 80.00 €
Estimate : 160.00 €
Realised price : 104.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 153.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme syro-phénicien
Date: 249
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie, Séleucie et Piérie
Metal : billon
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,84 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan très large et complet des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Revers de haut relief bien venu à la frappe. Métal légèrement corné. Faiblesse de frappe sur la légende
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire est le 0438_005 de la base TSP
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Philippe Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse legend : AUTOK K M IOULI FILIPPOS SEB
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Jules Philippe auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANTIOXIA/ SC À L’EXERGUE EN DEUX LIGNES.
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche, les ailes déployées, tenant une couronne dans son bec.
Reverse legend : DHMARC EX OUSIAS UPATO D
Reverse translation : (Revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul pour la quatrième fois).
Commentary
La légende de revers concerne en fait Philippe Ier qui ne prit jamais de quatrième consulat, à Rome le dernier, le troisième datant de 248. Il semble que le comput antiochéen ait été différent pour des raisons qui nous échappent totalement et M. Prieur date pour cette raison ces tétradrachmes de Philippe l’Arabe ou de son fils de 249. L’émission semble avoir été conséquente et présente de multiples variantes de types et de portraits.
The reverse legend actually concerns Philip I who never took a fourth consulate, in Rome the last, the third dating from 248. It seems that the Antiochene calculation was different for reasons that completely escape us and Mr. Prieur dates for this reason these tetradrachms of Philip the Arab or his son from 249. The issue seems to have been substantial and presents multiple variants of types and portraits
The reverse legend actually concerns Philip I who never took a fourth consulate, in Rome the last, the third dating from 248. It seems that the Antiochene calculation was different for reasons that completely escape us and Mr. Prieur dates for this reason these tetradrachms of Philip the Arab or his son from 249. The issue seems to have been substantial and presents multiple variants of types and portraits
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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