Live auction - bpv_1107204 - PHILIPPUS Tétradrachme
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| Estimate : | 250 € |
| Price : | 135 € |
| Maximum bid : | 135 € |
| End of the sale : | 14 April 2026 15:06:18 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 4
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 70 ‰
Diameter : 21,50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,03 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée des deux côtés. Très jolie représentation du revers. Patine marron foncé
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Philippe Ier à droite vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse legend : A K M IOU FILIPPOS EUSEB, (Autokratoros Kaisar Markos Ioulios Filippos Eusebios)
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Jules Philippe pieux).
Reverse
Reverse legend : L.
Reverse description : Bustes accolés de Nilus (le Nil) nu et diadémé, orné d’un lotus et d’Euthenia (l’Abondance) diadémée, terminée par une corne et ornée d’une corne d’abondance.
Reverse legend : D
Reverse translation : (An 4).
Commentary
Les deux entités font aussi penser au soleil et à la lune et représentent en réalité les richesses de l’Égypte.
The two entities also evoke the sun and the moon and in reality represent the riches of Egypt.
The two entities also evoke the sun and the moon and in reality represent the riches of Egypt.
Historical background
PHILIPPUS
(03/244-09/249)
Philippe was born in Bostra in Trachonitis, a province of Arabia, hence the nickname of the Emperor. He was appointed Prefect of the Praetorium after the disappearance of Timésithée, father-in-law of Gordian III, in 243. Philip had Gordian assassinated or allowed to be assassinated at the beginning of 244, then hastened to conclude an infamous peace with the Sassanids. He pays them a tribute of 500,000 denarii. He named his son Philip Caesar in 244 and his wife Otacilia Sévéra augusta. In 247, Philip raises his son to august. He led a brilliant campaign against the Quades and the Carpes who had invaded Dacia. The great event of the reign of Philip is the commemoration of the millennium of Rome which begins on April 21, 247. Several usurpers, including Jotapien and Pacatian, proclaim themselves august at the end of the reign. Philippe instructs Decius, commander of the legions of Pannonia, to restore order on the Danube. The troops, against his will, proclaim Decius august in June or July 249. Philip dies fighting the troops of Decius in September 249.
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