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E-auction 87-44438 - bpv_321748 - PHILIPPUS II Tétradrachme

PHILIPPUS II Tétradrachme XF
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Estimate : 150 €
Price : 120 €
Maximum bid : 136 €
End of the sale : 15 December 2014 16:13:00
bidders : 5 bidders
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 5
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 70 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,46 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier, parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Beau portrait. Joli revers inhabituel. Patine grise
Catalogue references :

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-E.
Reverse description : Hermanubis debout à droite, coiffé du modius, nu jusqu’à la ceinture, tenant un caducée ailé de la main droite et une longue palme de la main gauche ; derrière un cheval au pas à gauche, tournant la tête à droite.
Reverse translation : (An 5).

Commentary


Rubns de type 3. Ptéryges fines sous le paludamentum. 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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