v08_0377 - PHILIPPUS II Antoninien
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 114.34 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
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Starting price : 114.34 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
unsold lot
Type : Antoninien
Date: 244
Mint name / Town : Rome, émission spéciale
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : + 400 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,73 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et irrégulier, légèrement taché sur la joue. Beau portrait et jolie patine de collection / Très joli revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES.
Obverse description : Buste radié et drapé de Philippe II à droite vu de trois quarts en arrière (A21).
Obverse translation : (Marc Jules Philippe césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PIETAS AVGVSTOR.
Reverse description : Aspersoir, simpulum, vase à sacrifice, couteau de sacrificateur et un lituus.
Reverse translation : (La Piété des empereurs).
Commentary
Poids très léger.
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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