v13_0627 - PHILIPPUS II Antoninien
MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 182.94 €
Estimate : 365.88 €
Realised price : 182.94 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 243.92 €
Starting price : 182.94 €
Estimate : 365.88 €
Realised price : 182.94 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 243.92 €
Type : Antoninien
Date: 249
Mint name / Town : Syrie, Séleucie et Piérie, Antioche
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : + 400 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,81 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Type tout à fait exceptionnel. Faiblesse de frappe au droit, mais beau portrait. Minuscule petite fente à 12 heures au droit
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Philippe II auguste à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus", (L’empereur Marc Jules Philippe auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M TR P VI COS P P.
Reverse description : Lion radié passant à gauche, tenant un foudre dans la gueule.
Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestas sextus Consul Pater Patriæ”, (Grand pontife revêtu de la sixième puissance tribunitienne consul père de la patrie).
Commentary
Poids 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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