E-auction 89-45610 - bpv_312282 - PHILIPPUS II Dupondius
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| Estimate : | 110 € |
| Price : | 21 € |
| Maximum bid : | 21 € |
| End of the sale : | 29 December 2014 16:12:00 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Dupondius
Date: an 8
Mint name / Town : Viminacium, Mésie Supérieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,52 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un grand flan bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Jolie patine vert olive
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de ROME I, n° 429
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 Cæsar ”, (L’empereur Marc Jules Philippe césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M S C-OL VIM// AN VIII.
Reverse description : La Mésie debout de face tournée à gauche, placée devant un taureau à gauche tourné à droite et un lion à droite tourné à gauche.
Reverse translation : “Provinciæ Mœsiæ Superioris Colonia Viminacium// Anno octavum”, (Colonie de Viminacium province de Mésie supérieure/ huitième année).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum. Trou de centrage visible de chaque côté.
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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