brm_886281 - PHILIPPUS II Sesterce
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Type : Sesterce
Date: 249
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 19,58 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Flan épais, centré. Joli buste de Philippe II. Revers agréable, bien venu à la frappe. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP 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 : LIBERALITAS AVGG III// S C.
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 tenant un sceptre court de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Liberalitas Augustorum tertium”, (La troisième Libéralité des augustes).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3.
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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