v45_0493 - PHILIPPUS II Sesterce, (GB, Æ 30)
MONNAIES 45 (2010)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 30)
Date: 247
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 18,28 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Emission: 7e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, bien centré des deux cotés. Très beau portrait, de joli style, bien venu à la frappe. Petite faiblesse sur la légende au revers et usure superficielle sur la Paix. Très belle patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Philippe II auguste 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 : PAX - AETERNA/ S|C.
Reverse description : Pax (la Paix) debout à gauche, tenant une branche d'olivier de la main droite et un sceptre transversal de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Pax Æterna", (La Paix éternelle).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges fines sous le paludamentum.
Type 3 ribbons. Fine pterygia under the paludamentum
Type 3 ribbons. Fine pterygia under the 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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