Live auction - bpv_543124 - PHILIPPUS II Sesterce

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Estimate :	520 €
Price :	320 €
Maximum bid :	330 €
End of the sale :	10 September 2019 15:25:03
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Sesterce

Date: 249

Mint name / Town : Antioche

Metal : copper

Diameter : 28 mm

Orientation dies : 11 h.

Weight : 15,49 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Superbe exemplaire pour ce type. Flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Beaux bustes. Patine marron

Catalogue references :

BMC.566 - GIC.4147

Obverse

Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Philippe II auguste à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).

Obverse legend : AUTOK K M IOULI FILIPPOS SEB, (Autokratoros Kaisaros Markos Ioulios Filippos Sebastos).

Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Jules Philippe auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : S|C.

Reverse description : Buste de la Tyché d’Antioche, tourelé, voilé, drapé à droite surmonté d’un bélier bondissant à droite, tournant la tête à gauche ; à l’exergue, une étoile.

Reverse legend : ANTIOCEWN - MHTROPO KOLWN/D-E, (Antiocewn Mhtropolewn Kolwnewn).

Reverse translation : (colonie ville d’Antioche).