v53_0426 - PHILIPPUS II Antoninien
MONNAIES 53 (2012)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Antoninien
Date: 247
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 450 ‰
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,47 g.
Rarity : R1
Emission: ém. spéciale
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un grand flan ovale, irrégulier, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait de Philippe II. Revers inhabituel. Jolie patine grise avec des reflets dorés. Conserve la plus grande partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Philippe II 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 : AETER-NIT IMPER.
Reverse description : Sol (le Soleil) radié marchant à gauche, levant la main droite et tenant un fouet de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Æternitas Imperii” (L'Éternité de l'empire).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum. Type rare.
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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