bpv_209894 - PHILIPPUS Dupondius
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Price : 115.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 115.00 €
Type : Dupondius
Date: an 5
Mint name / Town : Viminacium, Mésie Supérieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23,50 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 6,84 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Beau portrait. Joli revers. Très belle patine verte, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Philippe Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Marcus Iulius Philippus Augustus”, (L’empereur Marc Jules Philippe auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M S C-OL VIM// AN V.
Reverse description : La Mésie debout de face tournée à gauche, les deux mains étendues au-dessus d'un bœuf à gauche tourné à droite et d'un lion à droite tourné à gauche.
Reverse translation : “Provinciæ Mœsiæ Superioris Colonia Viminacium// Anno quintum”, (Colonie de Viminacium province de Mésie supérieure// An 5).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges à peine visibles sous le paludamentum. Ce type avec la titulature courte semble beaucoup plus rare. Pour ce type avec cette légende de droit, Varbonov n’a recensé que 5 exemplaires.
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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