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v21_3087 - PHILIPPUS II Tétradrachme

PHILIPPUS II Tétradrachme XF
XF
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 201.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 225.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 6
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 70 ‰
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 14,46 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait pour un monnayage souvent fruste. Beau revers
Catalogue references :
BMC.1997  - Milne3772  - Curtis1338  - MRKA.990  - AC.3481 /6 (1 ex.)

Obverse

Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Philippe II Auguste à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse legend : A K M IOU FILIPPOS EUS, (Autokratoros Kaisaros Markos Ioulios Filippos Eusebios).
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Jules Philippe pieux).

Reverse

Reverse legend : L-S.
Reverse description : Buste de Zeus lauré à droite avec l’himation.
Reverse translation : (An 6).

Commentary

Poids très lourd. Revers inhabituel.

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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