bpv_438045 - PHILIPPUS Pentassaria
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Type : Pentassaria
Date: c. 245-247
Mint name / Town : Marcianopolis, Mésie Inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 16,22 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et épais, bien centré des deux côtés avec une usure régulière. Beaux portraits. Sujet de revers inhabituel. Belle patine verte, légèrement granuleuse
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Obverse
Obverse description : Bustes affrontés de Philippe Ier et d’Otacilia Sévéra ; Philippe est lauré, drapé et cuirassé à gauche, tourné à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière ; Otacilia Sévéra est diadémée et drapée à droite tournée à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant.
Obverse legend : AUT M IOUL FILIPPOS A(UG) M w(TA)K/ SEBHRA S/E (Autokratoros Markos Ioulios Filippos augustos Markia Wtakilia Sebhra sebasta).
Obverse translation : (L’empereur Marc Jules Philppe auguste Marcia Otacilia Sévéra augusta).
Reverse
Reverse description : Apollon Medicus nu debout de face, la tête tournée à droite, tenant de la main gauche un arc et le bras droite au-dessus de la tête ; dans le champ à droite, un serpent enroulé autour d’un arbuste ; dans le champ inférieur gauche, statue de Telesphorus.
Reverse legend : UP PRAST MESSA-LEINOU MARKIAN(OP)/O/L/IT (WN)/ E|-, (Upateon Prastinou Messaleinou Markianopoleiton).
Reverse translation : (Hypateon Prastina Messalinus de Marcianopolis).
Commentary
Trou de centrage de chaque côté.
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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