v38_0806 - PHILIPPUS II Sesterce, (GB, Æ 26)
MONNAIES 38 (2009)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 26)
Date: 246
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 15,87 g.
Officine: 3e
Emission: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan, légèrement quadrangulaire. Beau portrait. Joli revers. Patine vert foncé, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste drapé, tête nue de Philippe II césar à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°21).
Obverse translation : “Marcus Iulius Philippus Augustus”, (Marc Jules Philippe auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PRINCIPI I-VVENT/S|C.
Reverse description : Philippe II, vêtu militairement debout à gauche, tenant de la main droite étendue, un globe et de la main gauche, une haste renversée.
Reverse translation : “Principi Iuventutis”, (Au prince de la jeunesse).
Commentary
Poids léger.
Historical background
PHILIPPUS II
(05/244-09/249)
Augustus
Philip II, son of Philip the Arab and Otacilia Severa, was named Augustus in 247. He participated in the commemoration of the millennium of Rome which began on April 21, 247. Philip, his father, was killed at the battle of Verona . Philip II was assassinated shortly thereafter. We do not know what happened to Otacilia Sévéra. Philip II was made Caesar shortly after the accession of his father who awarded him the title of prince of youth.
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