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bpv_647336 - PHILIPPUS II Unité

PHILIPPUS II Unité XF/AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 250.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: 247-249
Mint name / Town : Zeugma, Syrie, Commagène
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 16,38 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et bien centré. Joli revers avec un beau petit capricorne. Patine foncée

Obverse


Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Philippe II auguste à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse legend : AUTOK K M IOULI FILIPPOS SEB, (Autokrator Kaisar Markos Ioulios Filippos Sebastos).
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Jules Philippe auguste).

Reverse


Reverse description : Temple tétrastyle de Zeus Catabaites sur l’Acropole ; à l’exergue un capricorne à droite.
Reverse legend : ZEUGM-ATEWN.
Reverse translation : (De Zeugma).

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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