v08_0381 - PHILIPPUS II Sesterce, (GB, Æ 28)
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 182.94 €
Estimate : 335.39 €
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Starting price : 182.94 €
Estimate : 335.39 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 28)
Date: 249
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze or copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 17,31 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 3e
Emission: 11e
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait et jolie patine olive clair. Flan légèrement irrégulier / Joli revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IM M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Philippe II à droite vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : (L'empereur Marc Jules Philippe auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LIBERALITAS AVGG III// SC.
Reverse description : Philippe père et fils assis à gauche sur un banc ou des chaises curules, vêtus de la toge. Ils tendent la main droite et tiennent un sceptre court de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : (La troisième libéralité des augustes).
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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