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Live auction - brm_408870 - PHILIPPUS II Sesterce

PHILIPPUS II Sesterce XF
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Estimate : 300 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 08 November 2016 14:52:11
Type : Sesterce
Date: 244
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 21,68 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier. Beau portrait de Philippe II césar avec un coup sur le menton. Joli revers à l’usure régulière. Patine verte
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES.
Obverse description : Buste drapé, tête nue de Philippe II à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°21).
Obverse translation : "Marcus Julius Philippus Caesar".

Reverse


Reverse legend : PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS/ S|C.
Reverse description : Philippe II en habit militaire debout à gauche, tenant une enseigne transversale de la main droite et une haste renversée de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Principi Juventutis" (Au Prince de la Jeunesse).

Commentary


Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire de ROME VI, n°31, seul exemplaire présent dans notre base depuis plus de vingt ans. Ce type présente une enseigne transversale.

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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