v53_0429 - PHILIPPUS II As, (MB, Æ 28)
MONNAIES 53 (2012)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 145.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 242.00 €
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 145.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 242.00 €
Type : As, (MB, Æ 28)
Date: 247
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 11,24 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 3e
Emission: 7e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, bien centré des deux cotés. Beau portrait à l’usure régulière. Très joli revers de style fin. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Philippe II auguste à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Marcus Iulius Philippus Augustus", (L’empereur Marc Jules Philippe auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PAX - AETERNA/ S|C.
Reverse description : Pax (la Paix) debout à gauche, tenant une branche d'olivier de la main droite et un sceptre transversal de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Pax Æterna", (La Paix éternelle).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum. Dénomination rare pour la période !.
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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