Live auction - brm_520930 - PHILIPPUS II Antoninien
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| Estimate : | 280 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 29 January 2019 14:40:10 |
Type : Antoninien
Date: 247
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 400 ‰
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 4,15 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan large, ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Superbe buste de style fin ainsi qu’un joli revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock d’Elsen (Bruxelles)
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 : AEQVITAS AVGG.
Reverse description : Æquitas (L'Équité) debout à gauche, tenant une balance de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Aequitas Augustorum" (L'Équité des augustes).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges fines sous le paludamentum.
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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