v19_0280 - PHILIPPUS II Sesterce, (GB, Æ 29)
MONNAIES 19 (2004)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 150.00 €
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 150.00 €
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 29)
Date: 249
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze or copper
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,60 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 3e
Emission: 11e
Coments on the condition:
Flan irrégulier et ovale. Frappe molle au revers. Magnifique patine vert olive foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IM M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Philippe II 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 : [LIBERA]LITAS AVGG III// SC.
Reverse description : Philippe père et fils assis à gauche sur un banc ou des chaises curules, vêtus de la toge, tendant la main droite et tiennent un sceptre court de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Liberalitas Augustorum tertius”, (La troisième libéralité des augustes).
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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