brm_772381 - PHILIPPUS II Antoninien
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Price : 150.00 €
Type : Antoninien
Date: 249
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 450 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 4,04 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan large, centré. Très beau revers de style fin. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Philippe II auguste à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus", (L’empereur Marc Jules Philippe auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M TR P VI COS P P.
Reverse description : Philippe II voilé, vêtu de la toge, debout à gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et un sceptre transversal de la main gauche, sacrifiant au-dessus d’un candélabre.
Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate sextum Consul Pater Patriæ”, (Grand pontife revêtu de la sixième puissance tribunitienne consul père de la patrie).
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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