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E-auction 24-7045 - bpv_245502 - PHILIPPUS II Tetrassaria

PHILIPPUS II Tetrassaria XF
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Estimate : 125 €
Price : 23 €
Maximum bid : 25 €
End of the sale : 30 September 2013 15:47:00
bidders : 6 bidders
Type : Tetrassaria
Date: 246-247
Mint name / Town : Tomis, Mésie Inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 13,10 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais, bien centré des deux côtés. Beaux portraits à l’usure régulière, en particulier celui de Sérapis. Joli revers. Patine vert foncé épaisse et granuleuse
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Bustes affrontés de Philippe II , drapé et cuirassé à droite, tête nue à droite vu de trois quarts en arrière et de Sérapis coiffé du calathos et drapé à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant.
Obverse legend : MA-R IOULIOS FILIPPOU// KAI//SAR AUG (Markos Ioulios Filippos Kaisaros Auguste).
Obverse translation : (Marc Jule Philippe césar auguste).

Reverse


Reverse description : Asklepios (Esculape) nu jusuq’à la ceinture, drapé debout à droite, tournant la tête à gauche, tenant de la main droite un bâton sur lequel s’enroule un serpent.
Reverse legend : MHTROP PON-TOU TOMEWS (Mhtropolews Pontou Tomews).
Reverse translation : (de la cité du Pont de Tomis).

Commentary


Poids lourd. Trou de centrage de chaque côté. Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire reproduit dans l’ouvrage de Varbonov (p. 454, n° 5786).

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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