bpv_980004 - PHILIPPUS II Tetrassaria
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Type : Tetrassaria
Date: c. 247-249
Mint name / Town : Cyrrhus, Syrie, Cyrrhestica
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 11,27 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Joli buste. Usure régulière. Patine foncée
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Philippe II auguste à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière.
Obverse legend : AUTOK K M IOULI FILIPPOS SEB, (Autokrator Kaisar Markos Ioulios Filippos Sebastos)
Obverse translation : (L’empereur Marc Jules Philippe auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Temple hexastyle posé sur un degré surmonté d’un fronton triangulaire et d’une arche semi-circulaire ; à l’intérieur, statue de Zeus KataIbates, nu jusqu’à la ceinture, tenant un sceptre de la main gauche, un aigle à ses pieds ; le temple est surmonté d’un gélier passant à droite.
Reverse legend : DIOS - KA-TEB-ATOU// KURHSTWN, (Dios Katebatou/ Kyreston
Reverse translation : (Le dieu Kataibates de Cyrrhus).
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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