bpv_894447 - PHILIPPUS II Sesterce
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Type : Sesterce
Date: an 9
Mint name / Town : Viminacium, Mésie Supérieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29,00 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 15,76 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au revers. Joli buste, bien venu à la frappe. Usure régulière. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP PHILIPPVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Philippe II à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Marcus Iulius Philippus Cæsar ”, (L’empereur Marc Jules Philippe césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M S C-OL VIM// AN VIIII.
Reverse description : La Mésie debout de face tournée à gauche, placée devant un taureau à gauche tourné à droite et un lion à droite tourné à gauche.
Reverse translation : “Provinciæ Mœsiæ Superioris Colonia Viminacium// Anno nonum”, (Colonie de Viminacium province de Mésie supérieure/ neuvième année).
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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