MONNAIES 49 (2011)
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 363.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 363.00 €
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 363.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 363.00 €
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 29)
Date: 248
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 21,83 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 3e
Emission: 9e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier, quadrangulaire. Beau portrait de Philippe II. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine vert olive foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré de Philippe II à droite, avec cuirasse et paludamentum, 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 : Bouc marchant à gauche.
Reverse translation : "Sæculares Augustorum" (Les Jeux Séculaires des Augustes).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges à peine visibles sous le paludamentum.
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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