brm_352235 - PHILIPPUS II Antoninien
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Price : 125.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 125.00 €
Type : Antoninien
Date: 245
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 450 ‰
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,38 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale parfaitement centré avec les grènetis visibles. Extraordinaire portrait au droit et magnifique revers ! La monnaie a conservé son brillant de frappe et son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES.
Obverse description : Buste radié et drapé de Philippe II césar à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A21).
Obverse translation : “Marcus Iulius Philippus Cæsar”, (Marc Jules Philippe césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PRINCIPI IVVENT.
Reverse description : Philippe II, vêtu militairement, debout à droite, tenant un globe de la main gauche et une haste transversale de la main droite.
Reverse translation : “Principi Iuventutis”, (Au prince de la jeunesse).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Ce type semble en fait plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
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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